William Blake Quotes

My mother groaned, my father wept,
into the dangerous world I leapt.

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

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.

This life's dim windows of the soul
Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to believe a lie
When you see with, not through, the eye.

I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

The most sublime act is to set another before you.

To see a 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.

A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation.

And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.

Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.

Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.