William Blake Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.”

“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!”

“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 the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.”

“Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.”

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

“If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.”

“Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.”

“Active Evil is better than Passive Good.”

“Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”