Quotes by Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) — Bischof, Theologe · Anglikanisch · England

Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) war ein englischer Theologe, königlicher Kaplan und späterer anglikanischer Bischof in Irland. Er wurde durch sprachmächtige Erbauungsschriften wie „Holy Living“ und „Holy Dying“ bekannt, geriet jedoch wegen Abweichungen von der traditionellen Erbsündenlehre und seiner Amtsführung in Irland auch in die Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern bieten seine Werke klassische Anleitungen zu christlicher Lebensführung, Gebet und seelsorgerlicher Sterbebegleitung.

Era: Reformation & Baroque

Recurring topics: Wisdom & Understanding, Faith & Trust, Relationships & Family, Love, Prayer & Silence, Hope & Confidence, Fear & Anxiety, Discipleship

Quotes by Jeremy Taylor

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

Jeremy Taylor

Love is friendship set on fire.

Jeremy Taylor

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

Jeremy Taylor

He, who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.

Jeremy Taylor

By trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Jeremy Taylor

By friendship you mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, the most open communication, the noblest sufferings, the severest truth, the heartiest counsel, and the greatest union of minds of which brave men and women are capable.

Jeremy Taylor

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

Jeremy Taylor

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of science is not able to make an oyster?

Jeremy Taylor

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

Jeremy Taylor

Easiness of desire is a great enemy to the success of a good man’s prayer. It must be an intent, zealous, busy, operative prayer. For consider what a huge indecency it is that a man should speak to God for a thing that he values not. Our prayers upbraid our spirits when we beg tamely for those things for which we ought to die. Things which are more precious than Imperial Scepters, richer than the spoils of the sea or the treasures of the Indian hills.

Jeremy Taylor

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