Occupation: Poet Birth: December 9, 1608 Death: November 8, 1674
The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day..
Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost..
Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk..
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit..
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'….
Solitude sometimes is best society..
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license..
Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light..
Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion. ..
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 th….
He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king..
Fame is the last infirmity of the human mind..
Virtue that wavers is not virtue..
Dark with excessive bright..
You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind..
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience li….
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..
Such joy ambition finds..
The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him..
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..
The best apology against false accusers is silence..