Percy Bysshe Shelley

The awful shadow of some unseen Power Floats though unseen among us.

I never was attached to that great sect, Whose doctrine is that each one should take care of himself.

The beaten road Which those poor slaves with weary footsteps tread.

To be wild is not to be trivial.

The spirit of the age is information; but the spirit of the time is poetry.

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively.

The cultivation of those sciences which have enlarged the capacities of mankind as to the governing principles.

Death will come when thou art dead, Soon, too soon.

The world's great age begins anew, The golden years return.

I stood within the City disenchanted.

Concerning God, freewill and the destiny of the human soul are the great mysteries of life.

The pale stars are gone! For the sun, their swift shepherd.

Wit is educated insolence.

Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

There is no sport in hate when all the rage Is on one side.

The good and the beautiful for a constant possession are not enough.

In spite of myself, I am compelled to write. It is the only way I can live.

The universe is a single thought of God.