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George William Russell Quotes: You cannot evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.
         

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


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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.



Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.

Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.





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I didn't want to be precious about things. Of course, the idea is to make great music, but if you have great musicians up there, it gives me some leeway to play around a little bit.

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Wouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill, Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.

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