Quotes from authors born in 1686
Hell is nothing else but nature departed or excluded from the beam of divine light.
William Law
All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness.
William Law
Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.
William Law
Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.
Eustace Budgell
Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.
William Law
Lara St. John 
Eliot Spitzer 
Richard Branson 
Artemisia Gentileschi 
Amitabh Bachchan 
Medgar Evers 
Mary Higgins Clark 
Julian Casablancas