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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats 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.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats The 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.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Teaching is not filling up a pail, it is lighting a fire.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats And pluck till time and times are done the silver apples of the moon the golden apples of the sun.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats I’m looking for the face I had, before the world was made.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats
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Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays
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I’m chasing old feelings because tomorrow has yet to show me anything better than you.
Quinn ZukowskiQuinn Zukowski Sometimes its better when things don’t go the way you’ve planned.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov Never lose good in you for the better in someone else.
Saif Ali ManganSaif Ali Mangan You know the marks of my skin better than anyone else. I’d be lying if I didn’t say you’ve made a few yourself.
Quinn ZukowskiQuinn Zukowski Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas I became your melancholy your unfinished symphony its better to leave undone rather than knowing I did my best yet wasn’t enough.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Life is so much better when you mind your own business.
Polo GPolo G Be the reason someones today is better than yesterday.
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