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

Quote by John Milton

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Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at...

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at...

These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of...

These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of...

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows...

A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows...

Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And in the lowest deep a...

Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And in the lowest deep a...

A mind not to be changed by place or time, the mind is its own...

A mind not to be changed by place or time, the mind is its own...

Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.

Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical...

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical...

So dear I love him, that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

So dear I love him, that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.

Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the...

What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the...

For solitude is sometimes best society, And short retirement urges sweet return

For solitude is sometimes best society, And short retirement urges sweet return

He that overcomes his passions, overcomes his greatest enemies

He that overcomes his passions, overcomes his greatest enemies

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent...

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent...

Passion requires focused direction, and that direction must come from three other areas: your purpose,...

Passion requires focused direction, and that direction must come from three other areas: your purpose,...