William Butler Yeats

"I think a man and a woman should choose each other for life, for the simple reason that a long life with all its accidents is barely enough time for a man and a woman to understand each other and. . . to understand – is to love."

- William Butler Yeats

"Think like a wise [person] but communicate in the language of the people."

- William Butler Yeats

"Lose natural kindness and maybe / The heart-revealing intimacy / That chooses right, and never find a friend."

- William Butler Yeats

"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire."

- William Butler Yeats

"Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame."

- William Butler Yeats

"Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."

- William Butler Yeats

"There are no strangers here, only friends you haven’t met."

- William Butler Yeats

"In dreams begin responsibilities."

- William Butler Yeats

"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met."

- William Butler Yeats

"From our birthday, until we die, / Is but the winking of an eye."

- William Butler Yeats

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."

- William Butler Yeats

"Education is not about filling a pail, but about starting a fire."

- William Butler Yeats

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking."

- William Butler Yeats

"Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends."

- William Butler Yeats

"Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph."

- William Butler Yeats

"The best lack convictions, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."

- William Butler Yeats

"O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance?"

- William Butler Yeats

"I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'"

- William Butler Yeats

"Why should we honor those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself."

- William Butler Yeats

"The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky."

- William Butler Yeats