John Milton Mind Quotations

But that from us aught should ascend to Heav'n So prevalent as to concern the mind Of God, high-bless'd, or to incline His will, Hard to belief may seem; yet this will prayer.

O impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom, vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties, not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.

Beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive.

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

Fame is the last infirmity of the human mind.

A grateful mind/ By owing owes not, but still pays, at once/ Indebted and discharg'd.

The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and dischargd; what burden then?

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise. That last infirmity of noble mind. To scorn delights, and live laborious days.

(That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life.

Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.

Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.

A grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharg'd

The childhood shows the man, / As morning shows the day. Be famous then / By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, / So let extend thy mind o'er all the world.

Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind.

. . . for beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive. Cease to admire, and all her plumes Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy, At every sudden slighting quite abash'd.

The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.

Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heav'n on all his ways.

Calm of mind, all passion spent.

A mind not to be changed by place or time, the mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.

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