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

Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not...

Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not...

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.

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...

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

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

In dreams begins responsibility.

In dreams begins responsibility.

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...

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,...

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.

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age;...

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age;...

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...

Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay...

Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay...

Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start....

Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start....

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...

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and...

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and...

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...

That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent...

That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent...

It is not always easy to do things the right way, nor always right to...

It is not always easy to do things the right way, nor always right to...

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most...

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most...