William Godwin Quotes

He that loves reading has everything within his re... -William Godwin

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Sympathy is one of the principles most widely rooted in our nature: we rejoice to see ourselves reflected in another; and, perversely enough, we sometimes have a secret pleasure in seeing the sin which dwells in ourselves existing under a deformed and monstrous aspect in another.

The most desirable state of mankind is that which maintains general security with the smallest encroachment upon individual independence.

Invisible things are the only realities; invisible... -William Godwin

Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain.

I believe in this being, not because I have any proper or direct knowledge of His existence, but I am at a loss to account for the existence and arrangement of the visible universe, and, being left in the wide sea of conjecture without a clue from analogy or experience, I find the conjecture of a God easy, obvious, and irresistible.

The extent of our progress in the cultivation of k... -William Godwin

The extent of our progress in the cultivation of knowledge is unlimited.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

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This quote asserts that justice encompasses or embodies all moral obligations or responsibilities. It suggests that justice is not limited to legal principles but encompasses broader ethical considerations and the fulfillment of moral duties towards others.

To diminish the cases in which the assistance of others is felt absolutely necessary is the only genuine road to independence.

In the graver and more sentimental communication of man and man, the head still bears the superior sway; in the unreserved intimacies of man and woman, the heart is ever uppermost. Feeling is the main thing, and judgment passes for little.

It is necessary for him who would endure existence with patience that he should conceive himself to be something - that he should be persuaded he is not a cipher in the muster-roll of man.

It is of no consequence whether a man of genius have learned either art or science before twenty-five: all that is necessary, or even desirable, is that his powers should be unfolded, his emulation roused, and his habits conducted into a right channel.

There can be no passion, and by consequence no lov... -William Godwin

There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination.

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.

What are gold and jewels and precious utensils? Mere dross and dirt. The human face and the human heart, reciprocations of kindness and love, and all the nameless sympathies of our nature - these are the only objects worth being attached to.

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak.

The love of independence and dislike of unjust tre... -William Godwin

The love of independence and dislike of unjust treatment is the source of a thousand virtues.

There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.

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