John Milton Quotes

The universe is one of God's thoughts.

The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.

Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.

At last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom He had been able to give nothing proper to himself should have joint possession of whatever had been peculiar to each of the different kinds of being.

Life on the planet is born of woman.

The universe is more than mere matter in motion. It and we were brought into being by a Creator who seeks our good.

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.

There must be equal opportunities for women. There is no difference between man and woman in their creation, in their humanity, in their pursuit of knowledge, in their understanding, in their intelligence, in their religious piety, in serving God and in serving people.

The world of humanity is possessed of two wings, the male and the female. So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly

You'll have to forgive me this boldness, but I think women are very fortunate that men exist! The gods are very wise and certainly knew what they were doing. They created the sun and the moon, light and darkness, the eagle and the serpent, all for the same reason. They are perfect complements and the mechanism we use to reach heaven.

The Qur'an, the universe, and humanity are three kinds of manifestations of one truth.

If, as many people believe, there is a God, and that God made us in his own image, then of course we are distinct from nature, just as He is.

So far as the Angels are recipients of that spiritual heat and light they are loves and wisdoms, not loves and wisdoms for themselves, but from the Lord.

The Deist needs none of those tricks and shows called miracles to confirm his faith, for what can be a greater miracle than the creation itself, and his own existence?

Man is a mixed being, made up of a spiritual soul and of a fleshly body; the angels are pure spirits, herein nearer to God, only that they are created and finite in all respects, free from decay, free from the power of death, whereas God is infinite and uncreated.

For the world is not painted, or adorned, but is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe.

The masculine DOES while the feminine IS. Major in the feminine, but minor in the masculine.

For we are all sprung from earth and water

Perhaps they needn't even believe - it was enough that they needed angels, and the angels would return gladly.

Creation is great, and cannot be understood.

The miraculous is not extraordinary but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread. Whoever really has considered the lilies of the field or the birds of the air and pondered the improbability of their existence in this warm world within the cold and empty stellar distances will hardly balk at the turning of water into wine which was, after all, a very small miracle. We forget the greater and still continuing miracle by which water (with soil and sunlight) is turned into grapes.

What doubt can you have of the Creator when you behold His creation?... Who has decked the heavenly firmament with its stars? Who has clothed the earth in its beauty? How could it be without the creator?

Androgyny suggests a spirit of reconciliation between the sexes.

The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man

What is masculine and what is feminine, anyway?