Quotes from William Blake

Time is the mercy of eternity.

Children of the future age, Reading this indignant page, Know that in a former time Love, sweet love, was thought a crime

The Classics, it is the Classics! & not Goths nor Monks, that Desolate Europe with Wars.

Arise from out the dewy grass! Night is worn, And the morn Rises from the slumberous mass. Turn away no more; Why wilt thou turn away? The starry floor, The watery shore, Are given thee till the break of day.

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way… As a man is, so he sees.

To Nobodaddy Why art thou silent & invisible, Father of Jealousy? Why dost thou hide thyself in clouds From every searching Eye? Why darkness & obscurity In all thy works & laws, That none dare eat the fruit but from Thy wily serpent's jaws? Or is it because Secrecy Gains females' loud applause?

I sometimes try to be miserable that I may do more work, but find it is a foolish experiment. Happinesses have wings and wheels; miseries are leaden legged, and their whole employment is to clip the wings and to take off the wheels of our chariots. We determine, therefore, to be happy and do all we can, tho' not all that we would. - Letter to William Hayley, 26th November 1800

And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love...

Since all the Riches of this World May be gifts from the Devil and Earthly Kings, I should suspect that I worship'd the Devil If I thank'd my God for Worldly things.

I have no name: I am but two days old.

AÅŸk s?rf Kendini memnun etmeye uÄŸra??r, BaÅŸkas?n? Kendi keyfine kurban eder: BaÅŸkas?n?n rahat?n?n kaçmas?ndan zevk al?r, Ve Cennete raÄŸmen bir Cehennem kurar.

God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration! He who does not know truth at sight is unworthy of Her Notice.

Y?ld?zlar m?zraklar?n? aÅŸa??ya at?nca, GöÄŸü sulay?nca gözyaÅŸlar?yla, Güldü mü o, görünce eserini? Kuzuyu yaratan m? yaratt? seni?

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

Mümkün deÄŸil DüÅŸüncenin kendisinden Daha büyük bir ÅŸeyi tan?mas?

To see the 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 right it should be so Man was made for Joy & Woe And when this we rightly know Thro the World we safely go Joy & Woe are woven fine A Clothing for the soul divine Under every grief & pine Runs a joy with silken twine

And did those feet in ancient time, Walk upon Englands mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God, On Englands pleasant pastures seen! And did the Countenance Divine, Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Four Mighty Ones are in every Man: a perfect Unity Cannot exist but from the Universal Brotherhood of Eden, The Universal Man, to Whom be glory evermore Amen.

Love seeketh not Itself to please. Nor for itself hath any care; But for another gives its ease. And builds a Heaven in Hells despair. Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to Its delight; Joys in anothers loss of ease. And builds a Hell in Heavens despite.

He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.

El camino del exceso conduce al palacio de la sabiduría.

The Jewish and Christian Testaments are an original derivation from the Poetic Genius.

Every Night & every Morn Some to Misery are Born Every Morn and every Night Some are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to Endless Night We are led to Believe a Lie When we see not Thro the Eye Which was Born in a Night to perish in a Night When the Soul Slept in Beams of Light God Appears & God is Light To those poor Souls who dwell in Night But does a Human Form Display To those who Dwell in Realms of day