Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Finding Yourself Quotes, Self Discovery Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's...

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you...

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you...

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

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...

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 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.

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

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

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 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...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as...

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as...

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers