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.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSThe 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.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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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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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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Teaching is not filling up a pail, it is lighting a fire.
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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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The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
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The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.
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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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It seems to me that love, if it is fine, is essentially a discipline.
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
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I’m looking for the face I had, before the world was made.
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I believe that our memories are part of one great memory, the memory of Nature herself.
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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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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Though leaves are many, the root is one.
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