Quotes by John Milton
Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.
– John Milton
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
– John Milton
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
– John Milton
Loneliness is the first thing which God’s eye named not good.
– John Milton
The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day.
– John Milton
Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.
— John Milton
They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell.
– John Milton
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
– John Milton
Heaven’s last best gift, my ever new delight.
– John Milton
To be weak is miserable,Doing or suffering.
– John Milton
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
– John Milton
Solitude sometimes is best society.
– John Milton
It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of enduring blindness.
– John Milton
Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.
– John Milton
The mind in itself can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven.
– John Milton
We live Law to ourselves. Our reason is our Law.
— John Milton
Beauty is nature’s brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.
– John Milton
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
– John Milton
A mind not to be changed by place or time.
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav’n of hell, a hell of heav’n.
— John Milton
Freely we serve
Because we freely love, as in our will
To love or not; in this we stand or fall.
— John Milton
What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
– John Milton
He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
– John Milton