John Donne Quotes About Mercy

Quotes about: Mercy

• All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.

  John Donne

  Mercy, All Time, All Occasions

  1624 Sermons,'Christmas Day, 1624'.

• Now God comes to thee, not as in the dawning of the day, not as in the bud of the spring, but as the sun at noon to illustrate all shadows, as the sheaves in harvest, to fill all penuries, all occasions invite his mercies, and all times are his seasons.

  John Donne

  Time, Spring, Shadow

  1624 Sermons,'Christmas Day, 1624'.

• God made sun and moon to distinguish the seasons, and day and night; and we cannot have the fruits of the earth but in their seasons. But God hath made no decrees to distinguish the seasons of His mercies. In Paradise the fruits were ripe the first minute, and in heaven it is always autumn. His mercies are ever in their maturity.

  John Donne

  God, Autumn, Maturity

  John Donne (1963). “John Donne's Sermons on the Psalms and Gospels: With a Selection of Prayers and Meditations”, p.182, Univ of California Press

• That thou remember them, some claim as debt; I think it mercy, if thou wilt forget.

  John Donne

  Thinking, Debt, Remember

  John Donne, John Carey (2000). “John Donne: The Major Works”, p.175, Oxford University Press, USA

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