Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

Quote by Jeremy Taylor

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Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread...

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread...

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

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

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

Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but...

Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but...

Love is friendship set on fire.

Love is friendship set on fire.

God hath prepared a little coronet or special reward (extraordinary and beside the great crown...

God hath prepared a little coronet or special reward (extraordinary and beside the great crown...

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it...

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it...

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full...

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full...

Grumbling is the death of love.

Grumbling is the death of love.

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small...

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small...

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

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

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit

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

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

He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above...

He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above...

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your...

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your...