William Blake Quotes

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

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.

Christ’s crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.

If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they’d immediately go out.

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.

Every harlot was a virgin once.

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

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

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.

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.

To some people a tree is something so incredibly beautiful that it brings tears to the eyes. To others it is just a green thing that stands in the way.

Opposition is true friendship.

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

There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on.

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

Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.