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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.
         

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


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You cannot evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.

You cannot evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.



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.

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.



In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.

In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.



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.

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.



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.

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.



Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.

Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.



There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn.

There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn.



In ancient shadows and twilightsWhere childhood had strayed,The world's great sorrows were bornAnd its heroes were made.In the lost boyhood of JudasChrist was betrayed.

In ancient shadows and twilightsWhere childhood had strayed,The world's great sorrows were bornAnd its heroes were made.In the lost boyhood of JudasChrist was betrayed.



Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.



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

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





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Don't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--your old self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart



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We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!



My family is Mormon. I'm not Mormon, but my family is, and my mom was like, "You're doing a show called Lucifer?! But I will admit, he is handsome, so I'll watch it."

My family is Mormon. I'm not Mormon, but my family is, and my mom was like, "You're doing a show called Lucifer?! But I will admit, he is handsome, so I'll watch it."



My point is, no one can stop the Internet. No one can stop that march. It doesn't mean that it's going to be smooth, though.

My point is, no one can stop the Internet. No one can stop that march. It doesn't mean that it's going to be smooth, though.



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The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.



The tomb is not a blind alley: it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight. It opens on the dawn.

The tomb is not a blind alley: it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight. It opens on the dawn.



An image often propels the novel, gets it started. For me, it's an image that has a lot of emotion connected to it.

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