Top 400 William Blake Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “The human mind cannot go beyond the gift of God, the Holy Ghost. To suppose that art can go beyond the finest specimens of art that are now in the world is not knowing what art is; it is being blind to the gifts of the spirit.”

— William Blake

152. “And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England’s pleasant pastures seen?”

— William Blake

153. “Active Evil is better than Passive Good.”

— William Blake

154. “Each man is haunted until his humanity awakens.”

— William Blake

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

— William Blake

156. “The cistern contains: The fountain overflows.”

— William Blake

157. “I am under the direction of messengers from Heaven daily and nightly.”

— William Blake

158. “You 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 call Moral Virtue.”

— William Blake

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159. “If Christianity was morality, Socrates would be the Saviour.”

— William Blake

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

— William Blake

161. “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.”

— William Blake

162. “Every object that is loved forms the center of a paradise.”

— William Blake

163. “The 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.”

— William Blake

164. “What is it men in women do require: The lineaments of gratified desire. What is it women do in men require: The lineaments of gratified desire.”

— William Blake

165. “To be an Error and to be Cast out is a part of God’s Design.”

— William Blake

166. “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.”

— William Blake

167. “As 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.”

— William Blake

168. “As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.”

— William Blake

169. “If you trap the moment before it’s ripe, The tears of repentence you’ll certainly wipe; But if once you let the ripe moment go You can never wipe off the tears of woe.”

— William Blake

170. “More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul.”

— William Blake

171. “Kill not the moth nor butterfly, For the Last Judgement draweth nigh.”

— William Blake

172. “I thought Love lived in the hot sunshine, But O, he lives in the moony light! I thought to find Love in the heat of day, But sweet Love is the comforter of night.”

— William Blake

173. “The most sublime act is to set another before you.”

— William Blake

174. “The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.”

— William Blake

175. “Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship’s sake.”

— William Blake

176. “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 Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.”

— William Blake

177. “Energy is the only life, and is from the body; and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Energy is eternal delight.”

— William Blake

178. “Dip him in the river who loves water.”

— William Blake

179. “The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one.”

— William Blake

180. “When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea? O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.”

— William Blake

181. “The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, is because he was a true poet and of the Devil’s party without knowing it.”

— William Blake

182. “I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!”

— William Blake

183. “If you cannot imagine with the mind’s eye much more than you can see with the mortal eye, you have a very poor imagination indeed.”

— William Blake

184. “To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.”

— William Blake

185. “Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.”

— William Blake

186. “All the destruction in Christian Europe has arisen from deism, which is natural religion.”

— William Blake

187. “He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God. He who sees the Ratio only sees himself only.”

— William Blake

188. “Life delights in life.”

— William Blake

189. “He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God.”

— William Blake

190. “The vision of Christ that thou dost see Is my vision’s greatest enemy.”

— William Blake

191. “But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle in sunshine.”

— William Blake

192. “How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?”

— William Blake

193. “Listen to the fool’s reproach! It is a kingly title!”

— William Blake

194. “Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave.”

— William Blake

195. “For everything exists and not one sigh nor smile nor tear, one hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away.”

— William Blake

196. “The busy bee has no time for sorrow. The hours of folly are measur’d by the clock, but of wisdom: no.”

— William Blake

197. “May God us keep From Single vision and Newton’s sleep.”

— William Blake

198. “The atoms of Democritus And Newton’s particles of light Are sands upon the Red Sea shore, Where Israel’s tents do shine so bright.”

— William Blake

199. “One law for lion and ox is oppression.”

— William Blake

200. “The worship of God is, Honouring his gifts in other men each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men best; those who envy or calumniate great men hate God, for there is no other God.”

— William Blake