When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man’s limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far beyond man’s imagination, let alone understanding. God has revealed only so much of Himself as our minds can conceive and the weakness of our nature can bear.
JOHN MILTONApt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
More John Milton Quotes
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Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
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As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?
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Evil on itself shall back recoil.
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Believe and be confirmed.
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He that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day.
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Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight.
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You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It’s all in the mind.
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And feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce.
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Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
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Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
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This is servitude, To serve the unwise.
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There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
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Hell has no benefits, only torture.
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A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.
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The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
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My latest found, Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever new delight!
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Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.
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Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.
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Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.
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All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.
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To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
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Freely we serve, because freely we love.
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Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.
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Gratitude bestows reverence…..changing forever how we experience life and the world.
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Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight.
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Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
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