William Blake Quotes About Religion

Quotes about: Religion

• The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

  William Blake

  Faith, Forgiveness, Christian Inspirational

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.201, Univ of California Press

• A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Funny, Fake People

  'Auguries of Innocence' (c.1803) l. 53

• He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God.

  William Blake

  Religion, Spirit, Infinite

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.3, Univ of California Press

• I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door; So I turn'd to the Garden of Love, That so many sweet flowers bore. And I saw it was filled with graves, And tomb-stones where flowers should be: And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.

  William Blake

  Sweet, Flower, Garden

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.26, Univ of California Press

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

  William Blake

  Atheist, Eggs, Joy

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.167, Routledge

• Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.

  William Blake

  Law, Religion, Stones

  William Blake, “The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell”

• The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever their enlarged & numerous senses could perceive.

  William Blake

  Cities, Names, Rivers

  William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.204, Delphi Classics

• And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love')

  William Blake

  Garden, Joy, Black

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.75, Routledge

• You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time.

  William Blake

  Feelings, Religion, Virtue

  William Blake (1906). “Poetical Works”

• Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: ''the Son, O how unlike the Father!'' First God Almighty comes with a thump on the head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it.

  William Blake

  Jesus, Father, Son

  William Blake, Robert N. Essick, Joseph Viscomi (1998). “Milton a Poem, and the Final Illuminated Works: The Ghost of Abel, On Homers Poetry, [and] On Virgil, Laocoön”, p.221, Princeton University Press

• 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

  Party, Angel, Knowing

  The Marriage of Heaven and Hell "The Voice of the Devil" (note) (1790 - 1793)

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