William Blake quotes

What is now proved was once only imagined.

William Blake

He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence.

William Blake

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

William Blake

To see a world in a Grain of Sand,
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

William Blake

Thou art a Man, God is no more. <br> Thy own humanity learn to adore.

William Blake

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

William Blake

This life's dim windows of the soul
Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to believe a lie
When you see with, not through, the eye.

William Blake

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

William Blake

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

William Blake

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

William Blake

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

William Blake

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

William Blake

My mother groan'd, my father wept
Into the dangerous world I leapt,
Helpless, naked, piping load,
Like a friend hid in a cloud.

William Blake

Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise.

William Blake

Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's dispite.

William Blake

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only.

William Blake

Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with Ignorance.

William Blake

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

William Blake

I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe I told it not, my wrath did grow.

William Blake

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

William Blake

I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's.

William Blake

Energy is eternal delight.

William Blake

To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

William Blake

For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.

William Blake

He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.

William Blake

He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

William Blake

He's a Blockhead who wants a proof of what he can't perceive and he's a fool who tries to make such a Blockhead believe.

William Blake

I have always found that angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.

William Blake

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

William Blake

O why was I born with a different face?Why was I not born like rest of my race?

William Blake

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache do be my enemy, for friendship's sake.

William Blake

To generalize is to be an idiot.

William Blake

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.

William Blake

When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are, infinite.

William Blake

When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius lift up thy head.

William Blake