Quotes from William Blake

There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet.

The Woman that does not love your Frowns Will never embrace your smiles.

You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time.

Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool.

For everything exists and not one sigh nor smile nor tear, one hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away.

Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction? Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile?

Auguries of innocence "The emmet's inch and eagle's mile Make lame philosophy to smile. He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please.

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

Knowledge is Life with wings

Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.

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.

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

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

I have conversed with the spiritual Sun. I saw him on Primrose Hill

He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.

First thought is best in Art, second in other matters.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is better, especially when it comes to saving life, or some pain!

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

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!

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

Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the soul divine. Under every grief and pine Runs a joy with silken twine.

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

Energy is the only life, and is from the body; and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Energy is eternal delight.

I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see.