William Morris quotes - page 4

William Morris was a British designer, poet, and social activist, renowned for his influential role in the Arts and Crafts Movement. His work transformed decorative arts and championed traditional craftsmanship in response to industrialization. He inspired generations through his artistic creations and advocacy for social reform. Here are 152 of his quotes:

Come - change ye shall have, for far are ye wending!

William Morris

So with this Earthly Paradise it is, If ye will read aright, and pardon me, Who strive to build a shadowy isle of bliss Midmost the beating of the steely sea, Where tossed about all hearts of men must be; Whose ravening monsters mighty men shall slay, Not the poor singer of an empty day.

William Morris

Love is enough: draw near and behold me Ye who pass by the way to your rest and your laughter.

William Morris

Go back again, now you have seen us, and your outward eyes have learned that in spite of all the infallible maxims of your day there is yet a time of rest in store for the world, when mastery has changed into fellowship - but not before.

William Morris

Love is enough: while ye deemed him a-sleeping, There were signs of his coming and sounds of his feet.

William Morris

Fear and Hope - those are the names of the two great passions which rule the race of man, and with which revolutionists have to deal; to give hope to the many oppressed and fear to the few oppressors, that is our business.

William Morris

Morn shall meet noon While the flower-stems yet move, Though the wind dieth soon And the clouds fade above.

William Morris

A sorry merchant am I on this day, E'en as thou willest so must I obey.

William Morris

I say to you that earth and heaven are not two but one; and this one is that which ye know, and are each one of you a part of, to wit, the Holy Church, and in each one of you dwelleth the life of the Church, unless ye slay it.

William Morris

To thee, when thou didst try to conceive of them, the ways of the days to come seemed follies scarce to be thought of; yet shall they come to be familiar things.

William Morris

O Love, set a word in my mouth for our meeting.

William Morris

Dawn talks to Day Over dew-gleaming flowers.

William Morris

Beware, beware! for I have many a spell; If greed of power and gold have led thee on, Not lightly shall this untold wealth be won.

William Morris

To give people pleasure in the things they must perforce use, that is one great office of decoration; to give people pleasure in the things they must perforce make, that is the other use of it.

William Morris

Stout must thine heart be, nor shall that avail If thou a wicked soul in thee dost bear; So once again I bid thee to beware, Because no base man things like this may see, And live thereafter long and happily.

William Morris

Pass by me, and hearken, and think of me not!

William Morris

Love is enough: cherish life that abideth, Lest ye die ere ye know him, and curse and misname him; For who knows in what ruin of all hope he hideth, On what wings of the terror of darkness he rideth?

William Morris

It happened once, some men of Italy Midst the Greek Islands went a sea-roving, And much good fortune had they on the sea.

William Morris

Masters, I have to tell a tale of woe, A tale of folly and of wasted life.

William Morris

Love is enough: ho ye who seek saving, Go no further; come hither; there have been who have found it.

William Morris

Therefore, I bid you not dwell in hell but in heaven, or while ye must, upon earth, which is a part of heaven, and forsooth no foul part.

William Morris

Let us speak, love, together some words of our story, That our lips as they part may remember the glory!

William Morris