Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Anger Quotes, Grief Quotes

And say my glory was I had such friends.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had...

Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had...

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

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

Where, where but here have Pride and Truth, That long to give themselves for wage,...

Where, where but here have Pride and Truth, That long to give themselves for wage,...

I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest...

I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest...

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

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

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are...

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are...

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for...

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for...

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your...

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your...

We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves,...

We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves,...

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.

A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.

It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed...

It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed...

Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing...

Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing...

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

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

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of...

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of...

Well, you know, when I talked about the $87 billion, I made a mistake in...

Well, you know, when I talked about the $87 billion, I made a mistake in...

The only tolerance in the world, the only tolerance that earns the name, is that...

The only tolerance in the world, the only tolerance that earns the name, is that...

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism....

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism....

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Peace, like charity, begins at home