Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSEverything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
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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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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.
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I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
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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.
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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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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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I broke my heart in two So hard I struck. What matter? for I know That out of rock, Out of a desolate source, Love leaps upon its course.
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Everything in nature is resurrection.
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.
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In dreams begins responsibility.
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There is another world, but it is in this one.
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And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
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