I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Death Quotes

In dreams begins responsibility.

In dreams begins responsibility.

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,...

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from...

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from...

May God be praised for woman That gives up all her mind, A man may...

May God be praised for woman That gives up all her mind, A man may...

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

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...

And say my glory was I had such friends.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

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...

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best...

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best...

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples...

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples...

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the...

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the...

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

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 years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them...

The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them...

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in...

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in...

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

Intercession isn't about informing God of all the world's problems. It's about God sharing the...

Intercession isn't about informing God of all the world's problems. It's about God sharing the...