Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.

Quote by William Blake

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Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.

Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of...

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of...

Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion...

Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion...

Love seeketh not itself to please, but for another gives its ease.

Love seeketh not itself to please, but for another gives its ease.

You've always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn...

You've always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn...

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others...

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others...

The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.

The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

Improvement makes strait roads: but the crooked roads without Improvement are roads of Genius.

Improvement makes strait roads: but the crooked roads without Improvement are roads of Genius.

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you...

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you...

One thought fills immensity.

One thought fills immensity.

My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping...

My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping...

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

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

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Opposition is true friendship.

Opposition is true friendship.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm