William Blake quotes and words of wisdom

"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."
Found in the topic Heaven.

"The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship."
Found in the topic Friendship.

"Lo! now the direful monster, whose skin clings To his strong bones, strides o"er the groaning rocks: He withers all in silence, and his hand Unclothes the earth, and freezes up frail life."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are The plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave."
Found in the topic Details.

"The whore and gambler, by the state licensed, build that nation"s fate. The harlot"s cry from street to street shall weave England"s winding sheet."
Found in the topic Gallant.

"A dog starved at his master?s gate Predicts the ruin of the state."
Found in the topic Dog.

"Every Night and every Morn Some to Misery are born. Every Morn and every Night Some are born to Sweet Delight, Some are born to Endless Night."
Found in the topic Fate.

"When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those who do."
Found in the topic Truth.

"Eternity is in love with the productions of time."
Found in the topic Eternity.

"A truth that?s told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. It is right it should be so; Man was made for Joy and Woe; And when this we rightly know, Thro? the World we safely go, Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the soul divine."
Found in the topic Beauty.

"When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it."
Found in the topic Laugh.

"I must Create a System or be enslaved by another Man"s."
Found in the topic Order.

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."
Found in the topic Excess.

"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy."
Found in the topic Proverb.

"The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
Found in the topic Mind.

"For mercy has a human heart, pity a human face, and love, the human form divine, and peace, the human dress."
Found in the topic Housework.

"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."
Found in the topic Anger.

"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 sunrise."
Found in the topic Joy.

"You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough."
Found in the topic Know.

"As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers."
Found in the topic Observe.

Interesting Quotes

We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.Haida Indian saying

The medium is the message.Marshall McLuhan - Canadian author, educator, & philosopher (1911 - 1980)