William Blake

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.

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

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.

Opposition is true friendship.

Without minute neatness of execution, the sublime cannot exist! Grandeur of ideas is founded on precision of ideas.

Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.

The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

One thought fills immensity.

Do what you will this worlds a fiction and is made up of contradiction.

The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.

The most sublime act is to set another before you.

The moon, like a flower In heaven's high bower, With silent delight Sits and smiles on the night.

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.

That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

Gratitude is heaven itself.

The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.

Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

We become what we behold.

For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.

He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence.

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.

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 alone.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

The eye altering, alters all.

Every tear from every eye Becomes a babe in eternity.

The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one.

Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

And throughout all eternity I forgive you and you forgive me.

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!

The fox condemns the trap not himself.

Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

A truth thats told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see Nature all ridicule and deformity, and some scarce see Nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, Nature is Imagination itself.

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

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.

Both read the Bible day and night but thou read black where I read white.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

Pity would be no more, if we did not make somebody poor. And Mercy no more could be. If all were as happy as we.

Invention depends altogether upon execution or organization; as that is right or wrong so is the invention perfect or imperfect.

The child's toys and the old man's reasons are the fruits of two seasons.

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.

Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.

Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

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.

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.

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.

Great things are done when men and mountains meet This is not done by jostling in the street.

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.

If a thing loves, it is infinite.

Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.

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.

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

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 despair.

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?

To generalize is to be an idiot.

The generations of men run on in the tide of time but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

Energy is an eternal delight and he who desires but acts not breeds pestilence.

Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there.

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.

The true method of knowledge is experiment.

Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief?

We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them.

If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.

What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.

Each man is haunted until his humanity awakens.

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

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

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

The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand.

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

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

Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings!

What is now proved was once only imagined.

The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.

All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.

The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

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.

Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.