John Donne Quotes about God

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As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.

As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.

John Donne

Friendship, God, Faith

John Donne (1839). “Sermons”, p.238

God made sun and moon to distinguish the seasons, and day and night; and we cannot have the fruits of the earth but in their seasons. But God hath made no decrees to distinguish the seasons of His mercies. In Paradise the fruits were ripe the first minute, and in heaven it is always autumn. His mercies are ever in their maturity.

John Donne

God, Autumn, Maturity

John Donne (1963). “John Donne's Sermons on the Psalms and Gospels: With a Selection of Prayers and Meditations”, p.182, Univ of California Press

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

John Donne

God, Christian, Prayer

'LXXX Sermons' (1640) 12 December 1626 'At the Funeral of Sir William Cokayne'

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

John Donne

God, Eye, Men

John Donne, John E. Booty (1990). “John Donne: Selections from Divine Poems, Sermons, Devotions, and Prayers”, p.141, Paulist Press