People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSHappiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Man is in love and loves what vanishes, What more is there to say?
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In dreams begins responsibility.
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And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
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A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote.
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Though leaves are many, the root is one.
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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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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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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
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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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There is another world, but it is in this one.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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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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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.
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