| This life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not through, the eye. |
| It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. |
| When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. |
| No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. |
| Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. |
| A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent. |
| Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise. |
| I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe I told it not, my wrath did grow. |
| He's a Blockhead who wants a proof of what he Can't Percieve And he's a Fool who tries to make such a Blockhead believe. |
| When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are, infinite. |
| It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only. |
| He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise. |
| The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. |
| For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress. |
| The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. |
| What is now proved was once only imagined. |
| You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them. |
| He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. |
| Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's dispite. |
| Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache do be my enemy--for friendship's sake. |
| The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. |
| The weak in courage is strong in cunning. |
| To generalize is to be an idiot. |
| I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. |
| And because I am happy and dance and sing, They think they have done me no injury. |
| If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. |
| To 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. |
| My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping load, Like a friend hid in a cloud. |
| Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with Ignorance. |
| Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you. |
| Energy is eternal delight. |
| I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me. |
| As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius which to Angels look like torment and insanity. I collected some of their Proverbs. |
| Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. |
| When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius lift up thy head |
