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George William Russell Quotes

Type:
Writer Quotes
Category:
Irish Writer Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 10, 1867
Date of Death:
July 17, 1935
Nationality:
Irish
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George William Russell

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After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.
George William Russell

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

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.
George William Russell

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.
George William Russell

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

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

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

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

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.
George William Russell

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



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