William Blake Quotes

"Children of the future AgeReading this indignant page,Know that in a former timeLove! sweet Love! was thought a crime."

"Enthusiastic Admiration is the first Principle of Knowledge and its last."

"Travelers repose and dream among my leaves."

"Great things are done when men and mountains meet"

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

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

"If the Sun and Moon should doubt, / They'd immediately go out."

"`Father, O father! what do we here / In this land of unbelief and fear? / The Land of Dreams is better far, / Above the light of the morning star.'"

"There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness."

"Mechanical excellence is the only vehicle of genius."

"Mere enthusiasm is the all in all. . . . Passion and expression are beauty itself."

"And because I am happy and dance and sing,They think they have done me no injury."

"Love seeketh not itself to please, but for another gives its ease."

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

"The weak in courage is strong in cunning."

"Imitation is criticism."

"Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance."

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

"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."

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