It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed at once logical and boundless. (William Butler Yeats described his first meeting with a Hindu philosopher at Dublin)

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Philosophy Quotes, Religion Quotes

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned...

Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned...

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,...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

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...

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

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...

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

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

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

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...

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...

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance...

The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance...

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...

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...

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...

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there...

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there...

This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth

This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There...

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There...

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.