Quotes from John Donne
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.
— John Donne
What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?
— John Donne
Show me, dear Christ, Thy spouse, so bright and clear.
— John Donne
The afflictions of the wicked exasperate them, enrage them, stone and pave them, obdurate and petrify them, but they do not crucify them. The afflictions of the godly crucify them. And when I am come to that conformity with my Saviour, as to fulfill his sufferings in my flesh, (as I am, when I glorify him in a Christian constancy and cheerfulness in my afflictions) then I am crucified with him, carried up to his cross...
— John Donne
I need thy thunder, O my God; thy music will not serve me.
— John Donne
The World is a great Volume, and man the Index of that Booke; even in the Body of Man, you may turne to the whole world.
— John Donne
A mathematical point is the most indivisble and unique thing which art can present.
— John Donne
Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.
— John Donne
Send not to know For whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
— John Donne
Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.
— John Donne
What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?
— John Donne
I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.
— John Donne