Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSAnd pluck till time and times are done the silver apples of the moon the golden apples of the sun.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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Ecstasy is from the contemplation of things vaster than the individual and imperfectly seen perhaps, by all those that still live.
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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
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Everything in nature is resurrection.
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.
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In dreams begin responsibilitiy.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.
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Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
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I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
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Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.
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Literature is always personal, always one man’s vision of the world, one man’s experience, and it can only be popular when men are ready to welcome the visions of others.
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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
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