William Blake quotes

Here are some Willian Blake quotes to get you in the "mood".


“Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.” William Blake

“Every harlot was a virgin once.” William Blake

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

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

“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.” William Blake

“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.” William Blake

“He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.” William Blake

“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.” William Blake

“He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.” William Blake

“If a thing loves, it is infinite.” William Blake

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

“If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.” William Blake

“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.” William Blake

“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.” William Blake

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

“The eye altering, alters all.” William Blake

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

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

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

“The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.” William Blake

“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.” William Blake

“To generalize is to be an idiot.” William Blake

“Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.” William Blake


“What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.” William Blake

“What is now proved was once only imagined.” William Blake

“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.” William Blake