Quotes by Jeremy Taylor

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous.

— Jeremy Taylor

The thing formed says that nothing formed it; and that which is made is, while that which made it is not! The folly is infinite.

— Jeremy Taylor

  ​ In self-examination, take no account of yourself by your thoughts and resolutions in the days of religion and solemnity; examine how it is with you in the days of ordinary conversation and in the circumstances of secular employment.

— Jeremy Taylor

It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent.

— Jeremy Taylor

Nothing is to be esteemed evil which God and nature have fixed with eternal sanction.

— Jeremy Taylor

Faith converses with the angels, and antedates the hymns of glory.

— Jeremy Taylor

A good man is the best friend, and therefore soonest to be chosen, longest to be retained, and indeed never to be parted with, unless he cease to be that for which he was chosen.

— Jeremy Taylor

God is everywhere present by His power. He rolls the orb of heaven with His hand; He fixes the earth with His foot. He guides all creatures with His eye, and refreshes them with His influence; He makes the powers of hell to shake with His terrors, and binds the devils with His word.

— Jeremy Taylor

We should carry up our affections to the mansions prepared for us above, where eternity is the measure, felicity the state, angels the company, the Lamb the light, and God the inheritance and portion of His people forever.

— Jeremy Taylor

Love is the greatest thing that God can give us, for Himself is love; and it is the greatest thing we can give to God, for it will also give ourselves, and carry with it all that is ours.

— Jeremy Taylor