The wind is not helpless for any man's need, Nor falleth the rain but for thistle and weed. William Morris More Quotes by William Morris More Quotes From William Morris Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gain;In some wise may come ending to my pain;It may be yet the Gods will have me glad!Yet, Love, I would that thee and pain I had! William Morris paingriefwise Yea, I have looked, and seen November there; The changeless seal of change it seemed to be, Fair death of things that, living once, were fair; Bright sign of loneliness too great for me, Strange image of the dread eternity, In whose void patience how can these have part, These outstretched feverish hands, this restless heart? William Morris lonelinesshearthands If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris haterealart It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last. William Morris wordsunderstandmeexperience We are living in a epoch where there is combat between commercialism, or the system of reckless waste, and communism, or the system of neighbourly common sense. William Morris senselivingcommon-sensecommunism It is right and necessary that all should have work to do which shall be worth doing and be of itself pleasant to do, and which should be done under such conditions as would make it neither over-wearisome nor over-anxious. William Morris worthdoingdonework To do nothing but grumble and not to act - that is throwing away one's life. William Morris actawaynothinglife How often it consoles me to think of barbarism once more flooding the world, and real feelings and passions, however rudimentary, taking the place of our wretched hypocrisies. William Morris placethinkmeworld I can't enter into politico-social subjects with any interest, for on the whole, I see that things are in a muddle, and I have no power or vocation to set them right in ever so little a degree. William Morris rightthingsseepower I want a real revolution, a real change in society: society, a great organic mass of well-regulated forces used for the bringing-about a happy life for all. William Morris societychangehappylife We shall not be happy unless we live like good animals, unless we enjoy the exercise of the ordinary functions of life: eating, sleeping, loving, walking, running, swimming, riding, sailing. William Morris be-happygoodhappylife I don't remember being taught to read, and by the time I was seven years old, I had read a very great many books, good, bad, and indifferent. William Morris greatgoodtimeremember I am going, if I can, to be an architect, and I am too old already, and there is no time to lose. William Morris losei-ami-cantime Happy as we are, times may alter; we may be bitten with some impulse towards change, and many things may seem too wonderful for us to resist, too exciting not to catch at, if we do not know that they are but phases of what has been before and withal ruinous, deceitful, and sordid. William Morris thingsknowchangehappy
