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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1859). “The complete poetical works of John Milton: together with a life of the author”

Hope allows us to bid farewell to fear.

Farewell

The best apology against false accusers is silence.

Apology, Silence, Accusers

John Milton, James Augustus St. John, Charles Richard Sumner (1872). “The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes”, p.97

The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.

Happiness, Inspiring, Attitude

Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 254 (1667)

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.

Strong, Heart, Men

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Inspirational, Life, Change

"Gratitude in Grief: Finding Daily Joy and a Life of Purpose Following the Death of My Son" by Kelly S. Buckley, (p. 133), 2010.

Solitude sometimes is best society.

Solitude, Companionship, Sometimes

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 9, l. 249

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

Love, Inspirational, Knowledge

Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.

Truth, Way, Walks

John Milton (1824). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Edition of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster, and Thomas Warton, to which is Prefixed, Newton's Life of Milton”, p.52

Where no hope is left, is left no fear.

Inspirational, Hope, Fear

John Milton (1851). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.387

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.

Love, Freedom, Men

The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649)

Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.

Darkness, Innocence, Lost

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.

Encouraging, Encouragement, Knowing

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Inspirational, Clouds, Billiards

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.

Men, Hands, Liberty

John Milton (1851). “The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Biographical Introduction”, p.245

They who have put out the people's eyes reproach them of their blindness.

Eye, People, Blindness

John Milton (1835). “Prose Works”, p.92

You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind.

Inspirational, Heaven, Mind

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

Book, Reading, Spirit

'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 4

Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.

Sympathy, Condolences, Power

John Milton (2012). “Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Complete Shorter Poems”, p.335, Modern Library

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.

Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

John Milton (2009). “The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton”, p.997, Modern Library

Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.

Gratitude, Forever, Thankfulness

Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.

Death, War, Paradise

Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 263 (1667)

Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.

Marriage, Office, May

John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins (1836). “The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins”, p.81

Beauty is God's handwriting-a wayside sacrament.

Beauty, Opportunity, Christian Inspirational

Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.

Hate, Lucifer, Grows

1665 Satan. Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.4, l.98-9.

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