We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSEvery 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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And pluck till time and times are done the silver apples of the moon the golden apples of the sun.
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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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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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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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If what I say resonates with you, it’s merely because we’re branches of the same tree.
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When two close kindred meet, What better than call a dance?
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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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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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It seems to me that true love is a discipline.
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.
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