Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSGod guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary.
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The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. I have always considered myself a voice of what I believe to be a greater renaissance – the revolt of the soul against the intellect.
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If what I say resonates with you, it’s merely because we’re branches of the same tree.
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It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.
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It is love that I am seeking for, But of a beautiful, unheard-of kind That is not in the world.
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I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
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The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
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The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.
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In dreams begins responsibility.
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