Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it I do believe, and take it.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

Forget your voice, sing!Forget your feet, dance!Forget your life, live!Forget yourself and be!

Wisdom in poverty is better than folly in affluence.

My main reader was my wife Sheila, and I haven't written a lot since she died.

Almost everyone who has had an idea that's somewhat revolutionary or wildly successful was first told they're insane.

I think basically lables were more interested in a Richard Page record than a Mr. Mister record.

Bible says the tree is known by his fruit. We can also say that the great man is known by his undreamed dreams!

Getting the job done has been the basis for the success my company has achieved.

I will tell you what rule I observed when I was young, and too much addicted to childish diversions-never to spend more time in mere recreation in one day than I spent in private religious devotions.

I like putting on a suit. I like putting on a tie.

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.