The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
JOHN MILTONInnocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.
More John Milton Quotes
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The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness.
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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the 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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He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
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Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.
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Loneliness is the first thing which God’s eye named not good.
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Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.
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Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.
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The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.
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My latest found, Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever new delight!
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Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
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And live like Nature’s bastards, not her sons.
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Retiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease.
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Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
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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.
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