John Milton Quotes

A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us, because we feel that the bird does not distinguish between its heart and the world's.

I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.

Your name hangs in my heart like a bell's tongue.

Let not thy divining heart Forethink me any ill; Destiny may take thy part, And may thy fears fulfill.

All acts suppose certain dispositions, and habits of mind and heart, which may be in themselves states of enjoyment or of wretchedness, and which must be fruitful in other consequences besides those particular acts.

So many times, we take things to heart and that eats us up, and we think it over and over again with work and our personal life. But most of the time, it is not personal. It may have nothing to do with you but, instead, what the other person is going through in their life.

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves and branches, and here is my heart which beats only for you.

May your heart always be joyful. May your song always be sung.

Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.

Know how to replace in your heart, by the happiness of those you love, the happiness that may be wanting to yourself

The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees bring forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds. For it giveth unto all lovers courage, that lusty month of May.

Quick-loving hearts ... may quickly loathe.

My heart may be black but it was still capable of heart failure.

A few drops sprinkled on the torch of love make the flame blaze the brighter.

Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love.

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely possible for us to stand neuter in our hearts, although we may deem it prudent to appear so in our actions

Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone

He was marked out by his relentless ability to find fault with others' mediocrity - suggesting that a certain type of intelligence may be at heart nothing more or less than a superior capacity for dissatisfaction.

Our whole business in this Life is to restore to health the eye of the heart whereby God may be seen.

The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft; and gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length--and there I travel looking, looking breathlessly.

Now we shall both be alone, and I shall have no way of making you understand.' 'I don't want to make it easier for you,' I said; 'I hope your heart may break; but I do understand.

Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth. There are no heretics in Nature's church; all are believers, all are communicants. The beauty of natural religion is that you have it all the time; you do not have to seek it afar off in myths and legends, in catacombs, in garbled texts, in miracles of dead saints or wine-bibbing friars. It is of today; it is now and here; it is everywhere.

With Woods arms wrapped around me and the beat of his heart pressed against my chest, I knew he would hold me steady. If I ever fell, I’d have him to catch me.