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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.

George William Russell quotes: Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see.

Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see.

George William Russell quotes: The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.

The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.

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.

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: Nothing exasperates the spirit in man more than power which seems unconquerable and which makes impotent all protest.

Nothing exasperates the spirit in man more than power which seems unconquerable and which makes impotent all protest.

George William Russell quotes: Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

George William Russell quotes: In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.

In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.

George William Russell quotes: We have control over the work of our hands, but little over the working of the soul. But yet we must yield to it, for without it we have nothing.

We have control over the work of our hands, but little over the working of the soul. But yet we must yield to it, for without it we have nothing.

George William Russell quotes: You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.

You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.

George William Russell quotes: The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.

The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.

George William Russell quotes: 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.

George William Russell quotes: The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown all over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet.

The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown all over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet.

George William Russell quotes: 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.

George William Russell quotes: No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.

No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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: Whiskey: a torchligh procession marching down your throat.

Whiskey: a torchligh procession marching down your throat.

George William Russell quotes: 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.