"Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed or governed their passions, but because they have cultivated their understandings."
"He's a Blockhead who wants a proof of what he Can't Percieve And he's a Fool who tries to make such a Blockhead believe."
"He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise."
"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."
"The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
"What is now proved was once only imagin'd."
"It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only."
"Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more."
"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru' narrow chinks of his cavern."
"Love seeketh not Itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives it ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair."
"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite."
"The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–3): A Memorable Fancy The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, & breeds reptiles of the mind."
"My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping load, Like a friend hid in a cloud."
"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."
"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend."
"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend."
"A truth that's told with bad intent<BR>Beats all the lies you can invent."
"Never seek to tell thy love,<BR>Love that never told can be;<BR>For the gentle wind does move<BR>Silently, invisibly."
"He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence."
"The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–3): Proverbs of Hell God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration!"
"You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough."
"Man's desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived."
"Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise."
"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees."
"What is now proved was once only imagin’d."