Category Archives: Inspirational Quotes

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. William Blake

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. William Blake

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. William Blake

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. William Blake

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. William Blake

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does. William Blake

The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure. 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. William Blake

The 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 nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself. William Blake

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it. William Blake