William BlakePride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.372Hope
William BlakeTo Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. ✨ 'Songs of Innocence' (1789) 'The Divine Image'372Love
William BlakeHe loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty. ✨ William Blake (2013). Delphi C… ▶372HumorLove
William BlakeSome will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men. ✨ William Blake (2008). The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake… ▶373Humanity
William BlakeHe who replies to words of doubt doth put the light of knowledge out. ✨ William Blake (2005). Collected Poems, p.96, Routledge373Humor
William BlakeWe are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them. ✨ Thoughts in Solitude. Book by Thomas Merton, 1958.373ReadingThought
William BlakeLove 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. ✨ 'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'The C… ▶351LifeLove
William BlakeWhy stand we here trembling around, calling on God for help, and not ourselves, in whom God dwells? ✨ William Blake (2008). The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, p… ▶363Truth
William BlakeEmbraces are comminglings from the head even to the feet, And not a pompous high priest entering by a secret place. ✨ William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). Blake: The Compl… ▶352Life
William BlakeMan has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age. ✨ William Blake, Michae… ▶341Life
William BlakeIt is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. ✨ William Blake (2008). The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, p.251, Univ of California Press374Reflection
William BlakeMan has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern. ✨ William Blake (2008). The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, p.39, Univ of C… ▶375Reflection
William BlakeWhen thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head! ✨ William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). Blake: The Complete Poems, p.116, Pearson Education375Reflection
William BlakeLove to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind. ✨ William Blake, David Fuller (2000). Will… ▶331LovePoliticsThought
William BlakeOpposition is true friendship. ✨ William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). Selected Poetry, p.83, Oxford University Press, USA364Truth
William BlakeThe road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. ✨ The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Proverbs of Hell (1790 - 1793)331Philosophy
William BlakeThe 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 nat… ▶331Thought
William BlakeNothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true. ✨ William Blake (1966). Complete Writings: With Variant Readings, p.392, Oxford University Press,… ▶342ReadingTruth
William BlakeAs I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs. ✨ Will… ▶375Time
William BlakeTo Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy Pity Peace and Love Is God our father dear. And Mercy… ▶364HumanityLifeLove
William BlakeIn the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.376Humor
William BlakeWithout contraries there is no progression. ✨ The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Book by William Blake, 1790-1793.343Reading
William BlakeWhere others see but the dawn coming over the hill, I see the soul of God shouting for joy.343Humanity
William BlakeYou cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you cal… ▶343HumanityReading
William BlakeDown the winding cavern we groped our tedious way, till a void boundless as the nether sky appeared beneath us, and we held by the roots of trees and hung over this immensity; but… ▶343Sadness
William BlakeAbstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there. ✨ 'MS Note-Book' p. 105343LifeReading
William BlakeThe pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God. 365Philosophy
William BlakeOh! why was I born with a different face? why was I not born like the rest of my race? when I look,each one starts! when I speak, I offend; then Im silent & passive & lose… ▶322Death
William BlakeFun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. ✨ William Blake (1988). William Blake, Oxford… ▶333Love
William BlakeYou never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. ✨ William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). Selected Poetry, p.77, Oxford University Press, USA366Philosophy
