“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
William Blake
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (Primary source)
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-93) is William Blake’s radical exploration of the interplay between good and evil, reason and energy, and the constraints of conventional morality. Written as a series of aphorisms, proverbs, and visions, the work challenges the dualistic thinking of Blake’s era, particularly the rigid moral and religious frameworks imposed by institutions like the Church.
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“Think in the morning, act in the noon, eat in the evening, sleep in the night.”
— William Blake Primary source“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.”
— William Blake Primary source“The true method of knowledge is experiment.”
— William Blake Primary sourceTo see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
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