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 MILTONGood, the more communicated, more abundant grows.
More John Milton Quotes
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And feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce.
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Suffering for truth’s sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.
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Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.
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The best apology against false accusers is silence.
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Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.
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Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.
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Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.
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For 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.
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Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
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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 that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day.
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And live like Nature’s bastards, not her sons.
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Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
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Believe and be confirmed.
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Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.
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