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George William Russell Quotes

Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see Picture Quote #1

We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity Picture Quote #1

Love and hate have a magical transforming power. They are the great soul changers. We grow through their exercise into the likeness of what we contemplate Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Seek on earth what you have found in heaven Picture Quote #1

There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn Picture Quote #1

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You can’t evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time Picture Quote #1

Our hearts are drunk with a beauty our eyes could never see Picture Quote #1

The great deep thrills for through it everywhere the breath of beauty blows Picture Quote #1

We are tired who follow after fantasy and truth that flies: You with only look and laughter stain our hearts with richest dyes Picture Quote #1

People tell me that the countryside must always be stupid and backward, and I get angry, as if it were said that only townspeople had immortal souls, and that it was only in the city that the flame of divinity breathed into the first men had an unobscured glow Picture Quote #1

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality Picture Quote #1

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Not unremembering we pass our exile from the starry ways: One timeless hour in time we caught from the long night of endless days Picture Quote #1

The twilight fleeted away in pearl on the stream, and night, like a diamond dome, stood still in our dream Picture Quote #1

How shallow is this mere that gleams! Its depth of blue is from the skies; and from a distant sun the dreams and lovely light within your eyes Picture Quote #1

We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side Picture Quote #1

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A literary movement: five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other Picture Quote #1

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Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see (George William Russell Quotes) We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity. (George William Russell Quotes) Love and hate have a magical transforming power. They are the great soul changers. We grow through their exercise into the likeness of what we contemplate. (George William Russell Quotes) 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. (George William Russell Quotes) Seek on earth what you have found in heaven (George William Russell Quotes) There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn (George William Russell Quotes) You can’t evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time (George William Russell Quotes) Our hearts are drunk with a beauty our eyes could never see (George William Russell Quotes) The great deep thrills for through it everywhere the breath of beauty blows (George William Russell Quotes) We are tired who follow after fantasy and truth that flies: You with only look and laughter stain our hearts with richest dyes (George William Russell Quotes) People tell me that the countryside must always be stupid and backward, and I get angry, as if it were said that only townspeople had immortal souls, and that it was only in the city that the flame of divinity breathed into the first men had an unobscured glow (George William Russell Quotes) When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality (George William Russell Quotes) Not unremembering we pass our exile from the starry ways: One timeless hour in time we caught from the long night of endless days (George William Russell Quotes) The twilight fleeted away in pearl on the stream, and night, like a diamond dome, stood still in our dream (George William Russell Quotes) How shallow is this mere that gleams! Its depth of blue is from the skies; and from a distant sun the dreams and lovely light within your eyes (George William Russell Quotes) We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate (George William Russell Quotes) 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 (George William Russell Quotes) Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side (George William Russell Quotes) A literary movement: five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other (George William Russell Quotes)