William Blake

“The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.”

“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.”

“Opposition is true friendship.”

“That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.”

“Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.”

“Active Evil is better than Passive Good.”

“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.”

“The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal the good one really does.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.”

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

“What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!”

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

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”

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

“Eternity is in love with the productions of time.”

“Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.”

“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”

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