Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Novelist Poet English 1797 – 1851

English author of Frankenstein and essays on women's rights.

374 quotes

"To lose a beloved is to lose oneself."
Family
"Fear is the enemy of truth."
Fear
"We are bound together by invisible threads of affection."
Relationships
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all endeavours."
Knowledge
"Time heals nothing; it merely distances us from our pain."
Time
"Injustice anywhere diminishes justice everywhere."
Justice
"The works of man pale before the majesty of nature."
Nature
"To dream is to possess the seeds of accomplishment."
Dreams
"Gratitude is the measure of a noble spirit."
Gratitude
"War is the failure of civilization."
War
"The written word has more power than the spoken."
Literature
"Health is the foundation of every blessing."
Health
"Our limitations often become our greatest strengths."
Strength
"To lead is to inspire others toward their better selves."
Leadership
"The passage of years changes our perspective but not our core."
Time
"Prejudice blinds us to the truth of others."
Justice
"We are most ourselves when we are most vulnerable."
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Freedom
"Science is the lamp that dispels the darkness of ignorance."
Science
"Every heart contains both light and shadow."
Philosophy
"To understand another is the greatest act of love."
Love
"Progress demands that we question what we believe."
Knowledge
"The artist reveals what others are afraid to see."
Art
"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."
Courage
"To be remembered is to achieve a kind of immortality."
"The human capacity for both good and evil is boundless."
Philosophy
"Laughter is the music of the spirit."
Humor
"We are all exiles from the paradise we once knew."
Life
"The most profound truths are often the simplest."
Wisdom
"To love deeply is to suffer infinitely."
Love