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.

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The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but 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.

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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.

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

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We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity.

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

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

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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.

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Quotes by George William Russell