Biography Quote by Mike Jay

“But, mad or sane, Matthews was a man of no ordinary persistence. He was not prepared to renounce the peace plan, any more than…

— Mike Jay

William James was not a prophet. He was a philosopher whose philosophy reflected his profound humanity.

— Stanley Hauerwas

“At Bow Street Magistrates' Court the essential facts were established. The man's name was James Tilly Matthews. He was a pauper of the south…

— Mike Jay

“He was a teacher, a prophet, a visionary.”

— Anonymous

“The Bedlam that greeted James Tilly Matthews, then, was not so much a baroque spectacle of depravity as an exhausted and run-down public institution,…

— Mike Jay

“...what makes a writer a prophet is his ability to speak truth...”

— John Geddes

“I don’t see any difference between a prophet and a soldier; the only difference is prophets were jackals and survived while soldiers fought and…

— M.F. Moonzajer

“ He was greedy and rude and bitter, but he was still a healer. The parson, though, what was he? He was nothing .…

— Patrick Ness

“he affected great piety (as became a pilgrim), although unable to read the inspired words of the Prophet.”

— Jose Conrad

“I am no prophet—and here’s no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, And I have seen the eternal Footman…

— T.S. Eliot

“He was a man born out of his time - a strange blending of Puritan and Cavalier, with a touch of the ancient philosopher,…

— Robert E Howard

“His faith demanded his hopefulness, and his hope underpinned his work. He worked to give others the opportunity to hope - that was his…

— Mark K. Shriver