George Herbert: Quotes about God

George Herbert was Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest. Explore interesting quotes on god.

George Herbert: 432 quotes7 likes

“743. God's mill grinds slow but sure.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“1. Man proposeth, God disposeth.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

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

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“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.”

Letter to His Mother (1609)

“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..”

Source: The Temple (1633), The Elixir, Lines 1-4

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

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

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

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

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

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

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

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

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

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“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)”

Letter to Nicholas Ferrar (1632-33)

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

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“Whereas if the heart be moved,

Although the verse be somewhat scant,

God doth supply the want.”

The Temple (1633), A True Hymn

“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
Letter to Nicholas Ferrar (1632-33)