“A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.”
More from Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Life and the world, or whatever we call that which we are and feel, is an astonishing…”
“In fact, the truth cannot be communicated until it is perceived.”
“The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies.…”
“How wonderful is Death, Death and his brother Sleep!”