William Blake Quotes

Turn away no more;
Why wilt thou turn away?
The starry floor,
The watery shore
Is given thee till the break of day.

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

If you trap the moment before it's ripe,
The tears of repentance you'll certainly wipe;
But if once you let the ripe moment go
You can never wipe off the tears of woe.

Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

My mother bore me in the southern wild,
And I am black, but O! my soul is white;
White as an angel is the English child,
But I am black as if bereaved of light.

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 sweet delight.
Some are born to endless night.

Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright in the forests of the night...

Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau.
Mock on, mock on — 'tis all in vain!
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the wind blows it back again.

Thinking as I do that the Creator of this World is a very Cruel Being & being a Worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: "the Son, O how unlike the Father!" First God Almighty comes with a Thump on the Head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it.

As the air to a bird or the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.

The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom...You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.

The vision of Christ that thou dost see
Is my vision's greatest enemy.

My Brother starv'd between two Walls,
His Children's Cry my Soul appalls;

I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.