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Simon Patrick Quotes

It is distrust of God to be troubled about what is to come; impatience against God to be troubled with what is present; and anger at God to be troubled for what is past.

It is distrust of God to be troubled about what is to come; impatience against God to be troubled with what is present; and anger at God to be troubled for what is past.

Simon Patrick
Time, Past, Impatience
Simon Patrick (1858). “The works of Symon Patrick: including his autobiography”, p.507

If better were within, better would come out.

Simon Patrick
Life, Happiness, Ifs
Simon Patrick (1858). “The Works of Symon Patrick: Including His Autobiography”, p.334

Peace is the proper result of the Christian temper. It is the great kindness which our religion doth us, that it brings us to a settledness of mind, and a consistency within ourselves.

Simon Patrick
Christian, Peace, Kindness
Simon Patrick (1848). “The Heart's Ease, Or, A Remedy Against All Troubles: A Consolatory Discourse, Particularly Directed to Those who Have Lost Their Friends and Dear Relations : to which is Added Two Papers Printed in the Time of the Plague, 1665”, p.3

Trouble is a thing that will come without our call, but true joy will not spring up without ourselves.

Simon Patrick
Spring, True Joy, Joy
Simon Patrick (1858). “The works of Symon Patrick: including his autobiography”, p.633