What are we, the inhabitants of this globe, least among the many that people infinite space? Our minds embrace infinity; the visible mechanism of our being is subject to merest accident. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley More Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley More Quotes From Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley confidencepowerfulfear Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley stay-strongmotivationinspirational There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he one, I will indulge the other. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ragelikesshould Live, and be happy, and make others so. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley compassion It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things or the inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me, still my inquiries were directed to the metaphysical, or in its highest sense, the physical secrets of the world. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley soulmenheaven The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley fallen-angelsdevilangel My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley pleasureannoyeddream Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley painfulchangemind A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley peacefulpassionperfection If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear! Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley frankensteins-monstercausesinspire The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley soothingaccentswind A solitary being is by instinct a wanderer. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley solitaryinstincttravel Men become cannibals of their own hearts; remorse, regret, and restless impatience usurp the place of more wholesome feeling: every thing seems better than that which is. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley regretheartmen The young are always in extremes. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley extremesyouthyoung Happiness is in its highest degree the sister of goodness. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley degreesgoodnesshappiness My candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley halloweenlighteye Elegance is inferior to virtue. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley inferiorselegancevirtue Devil, do you dare approach me? and do you not fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head? Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley vengeancearmsdevil A truce to philosophy!—Life is before me, and I rush into possession. Hope, glory, love, and blameless ambition are my guides, and my soul knows no dread. What has been, though sweet, is gone; the present is good only because it is about to change, and the to come is all my own. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ambitionsweetphilosophy . . . the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley childhoodmiserablemind
