The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered. George William Russell More Quotes by George William Russell More Quotes From George William Russell You cannot evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time. George William Russell plumsspirittime 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 communicationsympathylife 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 hatefightingspiritual 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 forgive-meforgivingjoy In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed. George William Russell boyhoodchildhoodbetrayed Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side. George William Russell mountainsidestrying In ancient shadows and twilightsWhere childhood had strayed,The world's great sorrows were bornAnd its heroes were made.In the lost boyhood of JudasChrist was betrayed. George William Russell childhoodsorrowhero 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 unconquerable-willspiritualworld Whiskey: a torchligh procession marching down your throat. George William Russell processionthroatwhiskey Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise. George William Russell painlyingthinking No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development. George William Russell leaderpersonalitypeople A literary movement: five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other. George William Russell townshatepeople 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 rivalsrunningmen There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn. George William Russell moralityhuman-naturelaw Seek on earth what you have found in heaven. George William Russell earthfoundheaven A young man who had been troubling society with impalpable doctrines of a new civilization which he called "the Kingdom of Heaven" had been put out of the way; and I can imagine that believer in material power murmuring as he went homeward, "it will all blow over now." Yes. The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet. George William Russell blowwindmen We must pass like smoke or live within the spirit's fire; George William Russell fatefiredream Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast. George William Russell twilightdarknight People tell me that the countryside must always be stupid and backward, and I get angry, as if it were said that only townspeople had immortal souls, and that it was only in the city that the flame of divinity breathed into the first men had an unobscured glow. George William Russell stupidmencountry We are tired who follow after fantasy and truth that flies: You with only look and laughter stain our hearts with richest dyes. George William Russell tiredlaughterheart
