George William Russell Quotes

Irish - Writer | April 10, 1867 - July 17, 1935

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

George William Russell

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The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown all over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet.

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The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality.

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I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy of a country controls its destiny and the entire character of its civilization.

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We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity.

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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell.

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We have control over the work of our hands, but little over the working of the soul. But yet we must yield to it, for without it we have nothing.

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We realise that natural aptitudes are not interchangeable, and each person must, of biological or spiritual necessity, practise the art for which he is fitted.

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It is true the orator may make a myriad replica of his own passion out of those who listen to him. But that does not prove he is right or they are not fools.

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The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.

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By intensity of hatred, nations create in themselves the character that they imagine in their enemies. Hence it comes that all passionate conflicts result in an interchange of characteristics. We might say with truth, those who hate open a door by which their enemies enter and make their own the secret places of the heart.

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