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

Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more...

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more...

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...

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...

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...

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that...

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that...

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

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...

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...

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will...

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The gods too are fond of a joke.