“Active Evil is better than Passive Good.”
Good
“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”
ForgivenessAll Quotes by William Blake
“Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.”
Money“The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.”
Travel“Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.”
Art“The weak in courage is strong in cunning.”
Courage“Eternity is in love with the productions of time.”
Time“When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.”
Truth“Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.”
Imagination“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.”
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.”
God“The true method of knowledge is experiment.”
Knowledge“Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.”
Art“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 of Soul in this age.”
Age“A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”
Truth“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
Wisdom“Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.”
Religion“Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?”
Sad“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”
Forgiveness“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.”
Experience“Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.”
Music