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Life Quotes by William Blake
- If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
- 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…
- The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
- Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.
- In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
- What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
- Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
- He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
- For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.
- Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets…
- Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there.
- I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If…
- I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see.
- Life delights in life.
- Hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is better, especially when it comes to saving life, or some pain!
- If you, who are organised by Divine Providence for spiritual communion, refuse, and bury your talent in the earth, even though you should want natural…
- The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
- For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. If thought is life And strength and breath And the…
- 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,…
- Knowledge is Life with wings
- In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
- The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed…
- Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.
- Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. God is Jesus.
- 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 sunrise.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle