Give energy, and mental exertion will always have attraction enough. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I was brought up in great tenderness, and though my mind was proud to independence, I was never led to much independence… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
There is a class of persons whose souls are essentially non-conductors to the electricity of sentiment, and whose minds seem to be… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
The question now afloat in the world respecting 'things as they are' is the most interesting that can be presented to the… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I am now in the full maturity of my age and vigor of my mind. Persons of various descriptions have repeatedly solicited… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Innocence is not virtue. Virtue demands the active employment of an ardent mind in the promotion of the general good. No man… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
In a well-written book we are presented with the maturest reflections, or the happiest flights of a mind of uncommon excellence. It… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
The mind of a child is no less vagrant than his steps; it pursues the gossamer and flies from object to object,… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Whenever truth stands in the mind unaccompanied by the evidence upon which it depends, it cannot properly be said to be apprehended… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Great changes cannot take place in the minds of generations of men without a corresponding change in their external symbols. There must… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. The true… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I know nothing worth the living for but usefulness and the service of my fellow-creatures. The only object I pursue is to increase, as… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
In infamy, it is wisely provided that he who stands highest in the ranks of society has the heaviest load to sustain. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
No man knows the value of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
“Godwin on Fenelon and his Valet * Following is an excerpt from William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, Book II, Chapter II: “Of Justice”:… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Tenderness is the name for a lover's most exquisite sensation; protection is implied in his most generous and heart-thrilling impulse. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
During my academical life, and from this time forward, I was indefatigable in my search after truth. I read all the authors of greatest… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Was ever a great discovery prosecuted or an important benefit conferred upon the human race by him who was incapable of standing and thinking… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list;… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
