Home / Quotes / Quote by Owen Feltham

Quote by Owen Feltham

“Show me the man who would go to heaven alone if he could, and in that man I will show you one who will never be admitted into heaven.”

Author

Owen Feltham

Owen Feltham, born in 1602 and died on February 23, 1668, was an English writer known for his fables and satirical works. His contributions to literature have had a profound impact on subsequent generations. more

“Of all trees, I observe God hath chosen the vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpful wall; of all beasts, the soft and patient lamb; of all fowls, the mild and guileless dove. Christ is the rose of the field, and the lily of the valley. When God appeared to Moses, it was not in the lofty cedar nor the sturdy oak nor the spreading palm; but in a bush, a humble, slender, abject shrub; as if He would, by these elections, check the conceited arrogance of man.”

“Meditation is the soul's perspective glass, whereby, in her long remove, she discerneth God, as if He were nearer at hand.”

Ifs Long Soul Hands Meditation Perspective Glasses Remove

Book:Resolves: divine, moral and political

Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political

“He that always waits upon God is ready whenever He calls. Neglect not to set your accounts even; he is a happy man who to lives as that death at all times may find him at leisure to die.”

Men May Dies Waiting Ready Accounts All Time Neglect Leisure Happy Man

Author:Owen Feltham

“When I but hear her sing, I fare Like one that raised, holds his ear To some bright star in the supremest Round; Through which, besides the light that's seen There may be heard, from Heaven within, The rests of Anthems, that the Angels sound.”

May Light Heaven Stars Sound Heard Singing Angel Ears Raised Rounds Anthem Bright Star

Author:Owen Feltham

“Shall I speak truly what I now see below? The World is all a carkass, smoak and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just Nothing.”

World Play Speak Shadow Vanity One Word

Author:Owen Feltham

“Upon a darkened night the flame of love was burning in my breast And by a lantern bright I fled my house while all in quiet rest. Shrouded by the night and by the secret stair I quickly fled. The veil concealed my eyes while all within lay quiet as the dead.”

Eye Night House Secret Quiet Lays Burning Flames Veils Stairs Concealed Lanterns Dark Night Of The Soul

Author:John of the Cross

“Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!”

Night Lovers Lovely Dawn Beloved Transformed

Book:Dark night of the soul

Source: Dark night of the soul

“I have said this to explain the stanza that follows, in which the soul replies to those who call in question its holy tranquillity, who will have it wholly occupied with outward duties, that its light may shine before the world: these persons have no conception of the fibres and the unseen root whence the sap is drawn, and which nourish the fruit.”

World May Persons Said Soul Light Duty Holy Roots Shining Fruit Conception Unseen Sap Tranquillity

Book:The Collected Works of St John of the Cross: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the Liv

Source: The Collected Works of St John of the Cross: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the Liv

“He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.”

Men World Should Doe Whole Love Is Shame Whole World Ashamed

Book:The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Volume II: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the LIV

Source: The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Volume II: The Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, the LIV

“When a soul has advanced so far on the spiritual road as to be lost to all the natural methods of communing with God; when it seeks Him no longer by meditation, images, impressions, nor by any other created ways, or representations of sense, but only by rising above them all, in the joyful communion with Him by faith and love, then it may be said to have found God of a truth, because it has truly lost itself as to all that is not God, and also as to its own self.”

Way May Said Soul Self Spiritual Found Lost Natural Meditation Truth Is And Love Method Impression Rising Joyful Representation Communion Rise Above Faith And Love

Author:John of the Cross

Quote by Owen Feltham

Author

You May Also Like