George William Russell

George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935) who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (sometimes written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a central figure in the group of devotees of theosophy which met in Dublin for many years.

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George William Russell about Wind:

The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown all over the world, and shall ...
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George William Russell about Art:

We realise that natural aptitudes are not interchangeable, and each person must, of biological or ...
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George William Russell about Power:

Nothing exasperates the spirit in man more than power which seems unconquerable and which makes ...
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George William Russell about Men:

The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws ...
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George William Russell about Night:

Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.

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George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935) who wrote considering the pseudonym Æ (sometimes written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was after that a writer on mysticism, and a central figure in the intervention of devotees of theosophy which met in Dublin for many years.

George William Russell's Quotes

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George William Russell about Life:

Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality.

George William Russell about Pain:

Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.

George William Russell about Spiritual:

After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.

George William Russell about Character:

I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy of a country controls its destiny and the entire character of its civilization.

George William Russell about Joy:

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

George William Russell about Truth:

By intensity of hatred, nations create in themselves the character that they imagine in their enemies. Hence it comes that all passionate conflicts result in an interchange of characteristics. We might say with truth, those who hate open a door by which their enemies enter and make their own the secret places of the heart.

George William Russell about Love:

Love and hate have a magical transforming power. They are the great soul changers. We grow through their exercise into the likeness of what we contemplate.

George William Russell about Passion:

It is true the orator may make a myriad replica of his own passion out of those who listen to him. But that does not prove he is right or they are not fools.

George William Russell about Earth:

Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

George William Russell about Beauty:

Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see.

George William Russell about Power:

Nothing exasperates the spirit in man more than power which seems unconquerable and which makes impotent all protest.

George William Russell about Great:

The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.

George William Russell about Life:

The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality.

George William Russell about Men:

The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.

George William Russell about Wind:

The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown all over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet.

George William Russell about Work:

We have control over the work of our hands, but little over the working of the soul. But yet we must yield to it, for without it we have nothing.

George William Russell about Life:

We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell.

George William Russell about Night:

Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.

George William Russell about Spiritual:

We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.

George William Russell about Imagination:

We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity.

George William Russell about Time:

You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.

George William Russell about Life:

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.

George William Russell about Art:

We realise that natural aptitudes are not interchangeable, and each person must, of biological or spiritual necessity, practise the art for which he is fitted.