661 Quotes by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Every other science presupposes intelligence as already existing and complete: the philosopher contemplates it in its growth, and as it were represents its history to the mind from its birth to its maturity.

He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.

Swans sing before they die— 't were no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing.

Praises of the unworthy are felt by ardent minds as robberies of the deserving.

The reader should be carried forward, not merely or chiefly by the mechanical impulse of curiosity, or by a restless desire to arrive at the final solution; but by the pleasurable activity of mind excited by the attractions of the journey itself.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.

On Pilgrim's Progress: “I could not have believed beforehand that Calvinism could be painted in such exquisitely delightful colors.

If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awoke - Aye! and what then?

Prose = words in their best order; – poetry = the best words in the best order.