“Whate'er I may have been, or am, doth rest between Heaven and myself; I shall not choose a mortal to be my mediator.”

— Lord Byron, Manfred (1817), Act III, Scene 1

About Lord Byron

1788 – 1824

English Romantic poet, author of 'Don Juan' and 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'.

“When we think we lead, we are most led.”

“I am not now that which I have been.”

“Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!”

“Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.”

“Reciprocity is a matter of keeping the gift in motion through self-perpetuating cycles of giving and receiving.”

“I've found that there is always some beauty left — in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”

“Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business; and it gives in the long run a net result of zero.”

“I could give you no advice but this: to go into yourself and to explore the depths where your life wells forth.”

“The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.”