The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell a hell of heaven.
But say I could repent and could obtaineBy Act of Grace my former state: how soonwould higth recal high thoughts; how soon unsaywhat feign'd submission swore: ease would recantvows made in pain, as vi...
Knowledge cannot defile nor consequently the books if the will and conscience be not defiled.
Is it true, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer the most?That the strongest wander furthest and most hopelessly are lost?That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain?That the anguish o...
From morn to noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, a summer's day; and with the setting sun dropped from the zenith like a falling star.
So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure without him live no life.
Come and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe.
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night. From his watchtower in the skies Til the dappled dawn doth rise.
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts who best Bear His mild yoke they serve Him best His state Is kingly thousands at His bidding speed And post o'er land and ocean without rest -...
Is this the region, this the soil, the clime,Said then the lost Archangel, this the seatThat we must change for heav'n, this mournful gloomFor that celestial light? Be it so since he Who now is sovere...
Where no hope is left is left no fear.
Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may reign secure, and in my choiceTo reign is worth ambition though in Hell:Better to reign i...
Peace hath her victories No less renowned than war.
Only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith; Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love, By name to come called charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loath To leave this P...
Grace was in all her steps heaven in her eye In every gesture dignity and love.
Athens the eye of Greece mother of arts And eloquence.
He who reigns within himself and rules his passions desires and fears is more than a king.
Who overcomes By force hath overcome but half his foe.
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