In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue. Percy Bysshe Shelley More Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley More Quotes From Percy Bysshe Shelley Life may change, but it may fly not; Percy Bysshe Shelley changelovelife When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even. Percy Bysshe Shelley cathumoroushappy Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Percy Bysshe Shelley sadmusicalsong The more we study the more we discover our ignorance. Percy Bysshe Shelley funny-examstudyignorance Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear. Percy Bysshe Shelley libertynew-relationshipessence Away, away, from men and towns, Percy Bysshe Shelley soulriversmen See the mountains kiss high Heaven And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea - What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me? Percy Bysshe Shelley flowerbrothersweet Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. Percy Bysshe Shelley moving-forwardfearpositive And Spring arose on the garden fair, Percy Bysshe Shelley naturedreaminspirational Fate,Time,Occasion,Chance, and Change? To these All things are subject but eternal love. Percy Bysshe Shelley fatedestinytime O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? Percy Bysshe Shelley cloudswinterspring "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Blessed are those who have preserved internal sanctity of soul; who are conscious of no secret deceit; who are the same in act as they are in desire; who conceal no thought, no tendencies of thought, from their own conscience; who are faithful and sincere witnesses, before the tribunal of their own judgments, of all that passes within their mind. Such as these shall see God. Percy Bysshe Shelley soulblessedheart Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number- Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many-they are few. Percy Bysshe Shelley dewsleepnumbers I arise from dreams of thee Percy Bysshe Shelley sexydreamlove If God has spoken, why is the world not convinced. Percy Bysshe Shelley atheismatheistreligion Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart. Percy Bysshe Shelley bloodyhearthands The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the state is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism. Percy Bysshe Shelley scyllaanarchyrich Before man can be free, and equal, and truly wise, he must cast aside the chains of habit and superstition; he must strip sensuality of its pomp, and selfishness of its excuses, and contemplate actions and objects as they really are. Percy Bysshe Shelley selfishnesswisemen Love's very pain is sweet, Percy Bysshe Shelley painsweetlife I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight. Percy Bysshe Shelley tonightwinejoy
