A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.
– Jeremy Taylor (exact source unknown)
God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.
– Jeremy Taylor (exact source unknown)
If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous.
– Jeremy Taylor (exact source unknown)
Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.
– Jeremy Taylor (exact source unknown)
Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.
– Jeremy Taylor (exact source unknown)
No man is poor who does not think himself so.
– Jeremy Taylor (exact source unknown)
Jeremy Taylor was born this date 8/15/1613. This Church of England minister wrote the classics The Rule and Exercise of Holy Living (1650) and The Rule and Exercise of Holy Dying (1651). He died 8/13/1667.
