All men live in suffering I know as few can know, Whether they take the upper road Or stay content on the low.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSPeople who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process.
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God guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone.
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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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But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
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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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There is another world, but it is in this one.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled. Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing.
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In dreams begin responsibilitiy.
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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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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.
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Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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