Sunday, April 17, 2011 . 8:05 PM

"Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling.

And being restrain'd it by degrees becomes passive till it is only the shadow of desire."



"How do you know but ev'ry Bird that cuts the airy way,
Is an immense world of delight, clos'd by your senses five?


--William Blake, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"

I like some bits of this actually... Except when he starts talking about the Bible. It's just not my thing...