Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Houghton Quotes

Richard Monckton Milnes offers lyrical musings about nature, closeness, and spiritual truth.

21 quotes

1. But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills.

2. Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.

3. A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.

4. I wandered by the brookside, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still.

5. The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard.

6. The hills of manhood wear a noble face When seen from far; The mist of light from which they take their grace Hides what they are.

7. Oh glory, that we wrestle So valiantly with Time!

8. Heaven was not Heaven if Phaon was not there.

9. A poet's Mistress is a hallowed thing.

10. Mohammed's truth lay in a holy Book, Christ's in a sacred Life.

11. They who have steeped their souls in prayer Can every anguish calmly bear.

12. Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving? Over the sea. Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving? All that love me!

13. The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize.

14. Grand Thoughts that never can be wearied out, Showing the unreality of Time.

15. It's not the lack of ability or opportunity that holds you back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself.

16. Love will always be the most powerful force.

17. Can every anguish calmly bear.

18. He who for love hath undergone The worst that can befall, Is happier thousandfold than one Who never loved at all.

19. My exit is the result of too many entrees.

20. He, who for Love has undergone The worst that can befall, Is happier thousand-fold than one, Who never loved at all.

21. They who have steeped their soul in prayer can every anguish calmly bear.