Jeremy Collier
Jeremy Collier
Jeremy Collierwas an English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Jeremy Collier quotes about
book support solitude
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
tired people boredom
People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
letting-go answers truth-is
We must not let go manifest truths because we cannot answer all questions about them.
patience waiting way
Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.
hands mind crowds
As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room
singularity contrary distasteful
Avoid all affectation and singularity. What is according to nature is best, and what is contrary to it is always distasteful. Nothing is graceful that is not our own.
teaching teach multitudes
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
addiction abuse use
The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it.
hope heart men
Hope is a vigorous principle; it is furnished with light and heat to advise and execute; it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost. And thus, by perpetually pushing and assurance, it puts a difficulty out of countenance, and makes a seeming impossibility give way.
uplifting brave mind
True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
book age entertainment
Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age.
disappointment book passion
Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age. They support us under solitude, and keep us from becoming a burden to ourselves. They help us to forget the crossness of men and things, compose our cares and our passions, and lay our disappointments asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride or design in their conversation.
ease reason certainty
There are few things reason can discover with so much certainty and ease as its own insufficiency.
fuel sparks poverty
Those who despise fame seldom deserve it. We are apt to undervalue the purchase we cannot reach, to conceal our poverty the better. It is a spark which kindles upon the best fuel, and burns brightest in the bravest breast.