Philosophy Quote by John Keats — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Life is but a day;”

“When by my solitary hearth I sit,”

“Wide sea, that one continuous murmur breeds”

“Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.”

“Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird!”

“Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art--”

“One is only as smart as the knowledge one acquires.”

“Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.”

“Life is like the oil within a lamp. It can be measured, but the pace at which it burns depends on how the dial is turned day by day, how bright and fierce the flame. And there is no predicting whether the lamp might be knocked to the ground and shatter, when it could have blazed on a great while longer. Such is the unpredictability of life.”

“Summer is for surrendering; winter is for wondering.”

“One never knows how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her — is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil? It is the very least question of definitions.”

“Bad men rule by the feebleness of the ruled; and this is just; the triumph of weaklings would not be just.”