Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSThe only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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When two close kindred meet, What better than call a dance?
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And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings.
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again.
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The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.
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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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What can be explained is not poetry.
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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I believe that our memories are part of one great memory, the memory of Nature herself.
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Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
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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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Though leaves are many, the root is one.
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Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun Now I may wither into the truth.
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