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… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
We must pass like smoke or live within the spirit's fire; For we can no more than smoke unto the flame return If our thought has changed to dream, our will unto desire, As smoke we vanish though the fire… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain. — George William Russell Copy Share Image
The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered. — George William Russell Copy Share Image
We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn. — George William Russell Copy Share Image
Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side. — George William Russell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
