“I must Create a System, or be enslav’d by another Mans
William Blake
I will not Reason & Compare: my business is to Create”
Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion (Primary source)
Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1804-1820) is William Blake’s epic, illuminated poem and one of his most ambitious and complex works. It explores the fall and potential redemption of Albion, a mythic personification of England and humanity itself. Albion’s fragmentation—symbolizing the spiritual and moral decay of society—is mirrored in the suffering of his “Emanation,” Jerusalem, who represents divine love, creativity, and the collective soul of humanity.
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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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“Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“In business we often find that the winning system goes almost ridiculously far in maximizing and/or minimizing one or a few variables—like the discount warehourses of Costco.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Capitalism works best when there is trust in the system.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“If you’d have a servant that you like, serve yourself.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source