John Tillotson
John Tillotson
John Tillotsonwas the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTheologian
hardest islands
These are some of the hardest islands to visit. Many of them don't have airports.
almost classical
It's a classical destination. It's almost like a pilgrimage.
heart pleasure sweetness
We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.
integrity men reputation
When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he is set fast, and nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth nor falsehood.
hatred mind ease
Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.
needs principles evidence
If they be principles evident of themselves, they need nothing to evidence them.
long return action
It is hard to personate and act a part long; for where Truth is not the bottom, Nature will always be endeavoring to return, and will peep and betray herself one time or other.
heart light each-day
Fill each day with light and heart.
arbitrary wickedness vices
Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness.
greatness men practice
Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness.
soul suffering frailty
If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state.
passionate proud christ
Are we proud and passionate, malicious and revengeful? Is this to be like-minded with Christ, who was meek and lowly?
liberty highest
They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.
spiritual blessing preparation
For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed.