"Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting…" — William Butler Yeats

"Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire."

— William Butler Yeats

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370 Quotes by William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats has 370 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Teaching is not filling up a pail, it is lighting a fire.
Speech after long silence; it is right, All other lovers being estranged or dead . . . That we descant…
All that we did, all that we said or sang must come from contact with the soil.
And God, the herdsman, goads them on behind.
And pluck till time and times are done the silver apples of the moon the golden apples of the sun.
Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he…
If what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we're branches of the same tree.
It is most important that we should keep in this country a certain leisured class. I am of the opinion…
Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and…
The Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise,…
Tread softly, for you tread on my dreams
No man has ever lived that had enough of children's gratitude or woman's love.

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I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China,… — Antonio Banderas
My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie. — Lynda Barry
I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance,… — Tori Amos
I play for the poor man. I try to give a thrill to the lunch bucket fan. I know their… — Unknown Author
Your purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you… — Russell Simmons
Society can transport money from rich to poor only in a leaky bucket — Unknown Author
On 3 things in his bucket list: On my bucket list... Uhm, the question is totally catching me by surprise.… — Gabriel Macht
Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the… — Bobby Bragan
If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much… — Orson Scott Card
The worst team in baseball's history won only 55 games. The best team ever won 110 out of 160, so… — Tommy Lasorda
This is the standard procedure for corporate growth these days; one company buys up another on loans that are floated… — Eric Kierans
If you have it, it is for life. It is a disease for which there is no cure. You will… — Monica Dickens

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