Grant me an old man's frenzy, Myself must I remake Till I am Timon and Lear Or that William Blake Who beat upon the wall Till Truth obeyed his call. William Butler Yeats More Quotes by William Butler Yeats More Quotes From William Butler Yeats And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone. William Butler Yeats bonesfilledhealing Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! William Butler Yeats flowerrosesweet Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. William Butler Yeats falling-apartlifefall One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, William Butler Yeats bending-downlovemen Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart. William Butler Yeats tiredhearthands Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round. William Butler Yeats bagsdreamlittles Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party. William Butler Yeats partyfightingcharacter The visible world is no longer a reality and the unseen world no longer a dream. William Butler Yeats unseendreamreality In dreams begins responsibility. William Butler Yeats dreaminspirationallife Myself I must remake. William Butler Yeats remakes All that I have said and done, William Butler Yeats donenightlying As I thought of these things, I drew aside the curtains and looked out into the darkness, and it seemed to my troubled fancy that all those little points of light filling the sky were the furnaces of innumerable divine alchemists, who labour continually, turning lead into gold, weariness into ecstasy, bodies into souls, the darkness into God; and at their perfect labour my mortality grew heavy, and I cried out, as so many dreamers and men of letters in our age have cried, for the birth of that elaborate spiritual beauty which could alone uplift souls weighted with so many dreams. William Butler Yeats upliftingspiritualdream Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh. William Butler Yeats glasseswineeye All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. William Butler Yeats emptyopinionsoul I dreamed that I stood in a valley, and amid sighs, William Butler Yeats lost-lovedreamfall Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph. William Butler Yeats triumphovercomingjoy It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield. William Butler Yeats back-alleysfightingdark Everything in nature is resurrection. William Butler Yeats environmentalresurrection And wisdom is a butterfly William Butler Yeats optimismbutterflywisdom Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill. William Butler Yeats bucketshillscompanion
