George Herbert: Quotes about God

“1. Man proposeth, God disposeth.”

“To a close-shorn sheep God gives wind by measure.”

“My meaning (dear Mother) is in these sonnets, to declare my resolution to be, that my poor abilities in poetry, shall be all and ever consecrated to God's glory.”

“Teach me, my God and King,
In all things thee to see
And what I do in any thing,
To do it as for thee..”

“No sooner is a temple built to God, but the Devil builds a chapel hard by.”

“The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth Pa-ti-ence.”

“Man is God's image; but a poor man is
Christ's stamp to boot: both images regard.”

“533. Help thyselfe, and God will helpe thee.”

“169. God heales, and the physitian hath the thankes.”

“It (my book) is a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed between God and my soul, before I could subject mine to the will of Jesus, my Master, in whose service I have now found perfect freedom. (Maycock, A L, Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding. SPCK, London, 1938)”

“684. When God will punish, He will first take away the understanding.”

“Whereas if the heart be moved,

Although the verse be somewhat scant,

God doth supply the want.”

“It (my book) is a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed between God and my soul, before I could subject mine to the will of Jesus, my Master, in whose service I have now found perfect freedom.”