Quotes by Bishop Hall

The proud man hath no God; the envious man hath no neighbor; the angry man hath not himself.

— Bishop Hall

Wisdom

He that taketh his own cares upon himself loads himself in vain with an uneasy burden. I will cast all my cares on God; He hath bidden me; they cannot burden Him.

— Bishop Hall

Wisdom

It is not sin that kills the soul, but impenitence.

— Bishop Hall

Wisdom

The idle man is the devil's cushion.

— Bishop Hall

Wisdom

It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most on Divine truth, that will prove the choicest, wisest, strongest Christian.

— Bishop Hall

Truth

Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive what I ask for or what I should ask.

— Bishop Hall

Wisdom

How easy it is for men to be swollen with admiration of their own strength and glory, and to be lifted up so high as to lose sight both of the ground whence they rose, and the hand that advanced them.

— Bishop Hall

Courage