I must not quarrel with the will Of highest dispensation, which herein, Haply had ends above my reach to know.
John Milton
Divine Will, Acceptance, Human Limitation, Faith, Cosmic Purpose
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“O sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere.” John Milton
Fallen State, Regret, Past Glory, Sun, Divine Punishment
John Milton Fallen State, Regret, Past Glory, Sun, Divine Punishment“Education of youth is not a bow for every man to shoot in that counts himself a teacher; but will require sinews almost equal to those which Homer gave to Ulysses.” John Milton
Education, Teaching, Responsibility, Skill, Classical Reference
John Milton Education, Teaching, Responsibility, Skill, Classical Reference“Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north – wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!” John Milton
Death, Nature, Seasons, Mortality, Inevitability
John Milton Death, Nature, Seasons, Mortality, Inevitability“Heaven open'd wide Her ever during gates, harmonious sound, On golden hinges moving.” John Milton
Heaven, Eternity, Harmony, Divine Realm, Imagery
John Milton Heaven, Eternity, Harmony, Divine Realm, Imagery“All is best, though we oft doubt, what the unsearchable dispose, of highest wisdom brings about.” John Milton
Divine Providence, Doubt, Wisdom, Faith, Optimism
John Milton Divine Providence, Doubt, Wisdom, Faith, Optimism“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.” John Milton
Morality, Ambition, Peace, Virtue, Worldly Power
John Milton Morality, Ambition, Peace, Virtue, Worldly Power“Sense of pleasure we may well Spare out of life perhaps, and not repine, But live content, which is the calmest life; But pain is perfect misery, the worst Of evils, and excessive, overturns All patience.” John Milton
Pleasure, Contentment, Pain, Suffering, Human Condition
John Milton Pleasure, Contentment, Pain, Suffering, Human Condition“Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.” John Milton
Freedom, Mind, Resilience, Inner Strength, Defiance
John Milton Freedom, Mind, Resilience, Inner Strength, Defiance“Witness this new-made world, another Heav'n From Heaven Gate not farr, founded in view On the clear Hyaline, the Glassie Sea; Of amplitude almost immense, with Starr's Numerous, and every Starr perhaps a world Of destined habitation.” John Milton
Creation, Cosmos, Stars, Divine Work, Infinity
John Milton Creation, Cosmos, Stars, Divine Work, Infinity“Ah, why should all mankind For one man's fault, be condemned, If guiltless?” John Milton
Original Sin, Divine Justice, Collective Punishment, Questioning, Human Nature
John Milton Original Sin, Divine Justice, Collective Punishment, Questioning, Human Nature“In contemplation of created things, by steps we may ascend to God.” John Milton
Nature, Spirituality, Contemplation, Divine Ascent, Creation
John Milton Nature, Spirituality, Contemplation, Divine Ascent, Creation“Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.” John Milton
Love, Science, Humor, Chemistry, Human Emotion
John Milton Love, Science, Humor, Chemistry, Human Emotion“Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor less, in freedom equal?” John Milton
Equality, Monarchy, Freedom, Justice, Political Philosophy
John Milton Equality, Monarchy, Freedom, Justice, Political Philosophy“To know that which lies before us in daily life is the prime wisdom.” John Milton
Wisdom, Daily Life, Practicality, Present Moment, Knowledge
John Milton Wisdom, Daily Life, Practicality, Present Moment, Knowledge“Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements, these piercing fires As soft as now severe, our temper changed Into their temper.” John Milton
Suffering, Adaptation, Hell, Transformation, Human Resilience
John Milton Suffering, Adaptation, Hell, Transformation, Human Resilience“Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all.” John Milton
Chaos, Chance, Governance, Cosmic Order, Fate
John Milton Chaos, Chance, Governance, Cosmic Order, Fate“O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!” John Milton
Darkness, Despair, Blindness, Hopelessness, Personal Lament
John Milton Darkness, Despair, Blindness, Hopelessness, Personal Lament“Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance.” John Milton
Nature, Abundance, Morality, Temperance, Divine Provision
John Milton Nature, Abundance, Morality, Temperance, Divine Provision