“Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod? / Or Love in a golden bowl?”

— William Blake, The Book of Thel, 1789-1792

About William Blake

1757 – 1827

English poet and artist, author of "Songs of Innocence and of Experience".

“Man was made for joy and woe, and when this we rightly know through the world we safely go.”

“Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.”

“If a thing loves, it is infinite.”

“I only know we loved in vain; I only feel—farewell! farewell!”

“The first and last thing demanded of genius is love of truth.”

“I know now that Jesus is right, that love is the way.”

“What do you know of Love except the name?”

“I don't know about hope, but I do know about love.”

“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”