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 MILTONFor liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.
More John Milton Quotes
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Retiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease.
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Where more is meant than meets the ear.
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Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.
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Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.
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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.
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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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Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.
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What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
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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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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
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Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
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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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Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
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Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.
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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
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Where no hope is left, is left no fear.
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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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God made thee perfect, not immutable.
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Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
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Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
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Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
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He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
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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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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
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