"He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God"
- John Donne
About this Quote
This quote by John Donne is a powerful statement about the existence of God. He is saying that it is impossible for a person to reject the existence of God, as it is difficult to reject the presence of the world around us. He is stating that an individual needs to be totally blind to the world and to their own soul in order to reject the presence of God. He is stating that an individual needs to be totally detached from the world and from their own soul in order to deny the existence of God. He is saying that a person must be totally void of any sense of reason in order to deny the presence of God. He is stating that a person needs to be completely lacking any sense of mankind in order to reject the existence of God. This quote is a powerful tip that God is all over which it is difficult to reject His presence.
"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land"