Words matter. These are the best George William Russell Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.
Nothing exasperates the spirit in man more than power which seems unconquerable and which makes impotent all protest.
I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy of a country controls its destiny and the entire character of its civilization.
Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.
Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.
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.
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.
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.
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 have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity.
The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown all over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet.
It is true the orator may make a myriad replica of his own passion out of those who listen to him. But that does not prove he is right or they are not fools.
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 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.
