“The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.”
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About this quote
Milton states this early in Paradise Lost, before the fall of Satan, as part of the poem's claim that inner state matters more than outer circumstance. It is useful for anyone who finds their mood, rather than their surroundings, to be the real problem.
Source: Paradise Lost, Book I