Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSThink like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it.
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And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
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Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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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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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
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By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.
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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
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I believe that our memories are part of one great memory, the memory of Nature herself.
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The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.
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Myself I must remake.
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