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William Blake Quotes - Page 3

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Gratitude, in itself, is heaven.

Gratitude, in itself, is heaven.

Gratitude, Heaven

To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

Nature, Eye, Science

William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.136, Penguin

Every man who is not an artist is a traitor to his own nature.

Artist, Men, Traitor

The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

Time, Sorrow, Bees

William Blake, William Butler Yeats (2002). “Collected Poems”, p.166, Psychology Press

Each man is haunted until his humanity awakens.

Men, Humanity

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

Truth, Men, Speak Your Mind

William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.167, Routledge

Poetry, Painting & Music, the three Powers in man of conversing with Paradise, which the flood did not sweep away.

Men, Three, Paradise

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.559, Univ of California Press

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

Sports, Nature, Determination

Note-Book (1807 - 1809)

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

Happiness, Stars, Light

William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.184, Penguin

Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.

Love, Joy, Mind

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.156, Pearson Education

He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

Life, Desire, Acting

'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'Proverbs of Hell'

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

Happiness, Thank You, Thanksgiving

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.133, Pearson Education

Without contraries there is no progression.

Progression, Contrary

"The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". Book by William Blake, 1790-1793.

There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet.

Two, Deceit

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.274, Pearson Education

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

Spiritual, Art, Holy Spirit

Attributed to William Blake, "Creativity on Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius", Book by Michael J. Gelb, 2014.

Mysteries are not to be solved. They eye goes blind when it only wants to see why.

Eye, Want, Mystery

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Life, Greed, Experience

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell "Proverbs of Hell" (1790 - 1793)

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.

Nature, Moving, Eye

William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.136, Penguin

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.

Love, Romantic, Loving Someone

"Jerusalem: A Simplified Version".

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

Life, Men, Weak Man

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.702, Univ of California Press

And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love.

Love, Space, Earth

"Complete Writings: With Variant Readings".

Knowledge is Life with wings

Wings

We are here to learn to endure the beams of love

Beam, Endure

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

Engineering, Genius, Improvement

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.38, Univ of California Press

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

Sympathy, Artist, Laughing

William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.202, Delphi Classics

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