Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Happiness Quotes

We . . . are no petty people. We are of the great stocks of...

We . . . are no petty people. We are of the great stocks of...

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those...

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those...

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire,...

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire,...

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so...

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so...

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

And say my glory was I had such friends.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled...

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled...

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods...

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods...

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered...

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered...

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be...

Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be...

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may...

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may...

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and...

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and...

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of...

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of...

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough...

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough...