Inspirational Quotes by George Herbert
“A civil guest will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.”
topics: Greed
“There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.”
topics: Happiness
“Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.”
“A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.”
“It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.”
topics: Humility
“Knowledge is but folly unless it is guided by grace.”
“A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.”
topics: Learning
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George Herbert was a Welsh poet, orator and priest. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a good education which led to his holding prominent positions at Cambridge University and Parliament.
As a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, George Herbert excelled in languages and music. He went to college with the intention of becoming a priest, but his scholarship attracted the attention of King James I. Herbert served in parliament for two years. After the death of King James and at the urging of a friend, Herbert's interest in ordained ministry was renewed.
In 1630, in his late thirties he gave up his secular ambitions and took holy orders in the Church of England, spending the rest of his life as a rector of the little parish of St. Andrew Bemerton, near Salisbury.
He was noted for unfailing care for his parishioners, bringing the sacraments to them when they were ill, and providing food and clothing for those in need.
Throughout his life he wrote religious poems characterized by a precision of language. He is best remembered as a writer of poems and the hymn "Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life."