Author: 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

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

Love and hate have a magical transforming power. They are the great soul changers. We grow through their exercise into the likeness of what we contemplate.

Love and hate have a magical transforming power. They are the great soul changers. We grow through their exercise into the likeness of what we contemplate.

- 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.

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

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

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

We realise that natural aptitudes are not interchangeable, and each person must, of biological or spiritual necessity, practise the art for which he is fitted.

We realise that natural aptitudes are not interchangeable, and each person must, of biological or spiritual necessity, practise the art for which he is fitted.

- George William Russell

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

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

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