The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.
William Butler Yeats
Cosmic Energy, Inner Awakening, Celestial Inspiration, Winds, Stars, Inspiration
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“For what but eye and ear silence the mind With the minute particulars of mankind?” William Butler Yeats
Sensory Silence, Human Details, Inner Peace, Reflection, Awareness, Mindfulness
William Butler Yeats Sensory Silence, Human Details, Inner Peace, Reflection, Awareness, Mindfulness“Only God, my dear, Could love you for yourself alone And not your yellow hair.” William Butler Yeats
God’s Love, Yourself Alone, Yellow Hair, Acceptance, Devotion, Uniqueness
William Butler Yeats God’s Love, Yourself Alone, Yellow Hair, Acceptance, Devotion, Uniqueness“From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.” William Butler Yeats
Life’s Brevity, Fleeting Time, Human Mortality, Swift Passage, Transience, Momentary Existence
William Butler Yeats Life’s Brevity, Fleeting Time, Human Mortality, Swift Passage, Transience, Momentary Existence“I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.” William Butler Yeats
Believing Best, Lantern Higher, Man’s Worth, Best, Lantern, Worth
William Butler Yeats Believing Best, Lantern Higher, Man’s Worth, Best, Lantern, Worth“And there’s a score of duchesses, surpassing womankind, Or who have found a painter to make them so for pay And smooth out stain and blemish with the elegance of his mind: I knew a phoenix in my youth, so let them have their day.” William Butler Yeats
Elegance In Art, Beauty’s Illusion, Mythical Phoenix, Legacy, Nostalgia, Elegance
William Butler Yeats Elegance In Art, Beauty’s Illusion, Mythical Phoenix, Legacy, Nostalgia, Elegance“A strange thing surely that my Heart, when love had come unsought Upon the Norman upland or in that poplar shade, Should find no burden but itself and yet should be worn out. It could not bear that burden and therefore it went mad.” William Butler Yeats
Unsought Love, Worn Heart, Norman Upland, Madness, Emotion, Struggle
William Butler Yeats Unsought Love, Worn Heart, Norman Upland, Madness, Emotion, Struggle“All the wild-witches, those most notable ladies For all their broom-sticks and their tears, Their angry tears, are gone.” William Butler Yeats
Wild Witches, Notable Ladies, Disappearance Of Magic, Mythology, Loss, Feminine Power
William Butler Yeats Wild Witches, Notable Ladies, Disappearance Of Magic, Mythology, Loss, Feminine Power“When I clamber to the heights of sleep, Or when I grow excited with wine, suddenly I meet your face.” William Butler Yeats
Dreamlike Love, Surprising Encounters, Romantic Visions, Love, Dream, Vision
William Butler Yeats Dreamlike Love, Surprising Encounters, Romantic Visions, Love, Dream, Vision“Death and life were not Till man made up the whole, Made lock, stock and barrel Out of his bitter soul.” William Butler Yeats
Life’s Creation, Death’s Role, Human Contribution, Life, Death, Soul
William Butler Yeats Life’s Creation, Death’s Role, Human Contribution, Life, Death, Soul“I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.” William Butler Yeats
Life Balance, Waste Of Breath, This Death, Reflection, Equilibrium, Mortality
William Butler Yeats Life Balance, Waste Of Breath, This Death, Reflection, Equilibrium, Mortality“Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.” William Butler Yeats
Labouring Joy, Triumph Will, Overcoming Obstacles, Joy, Triumph, Will
William Butler Yeats Labouring Joy, Triumph Will, Overcoming Obstacles, Joy, Triumph, Will“We can only begin to live when we conceive life as Tragedy.” William Butler Yeats
Life Tragedy, Begin Living, Deep Reflection, Reality, Acceptance, Awareness
William Butler Yeats Life Tragedy, Begin Living, Deep Reflection, Reality, Acceptance, Awareness“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.” William Butler Yeats
Life Preparation, Unrealized Dreams, Futile Effort, Life, Preparation, Dreams
William Butler Yeats Life Preparation, Unrealized Dreams, Futile Effort, Life, Preparation, Dreams“Do you not hear me calling, white deer with no horns? I have been changed to a hound with one red ear; I have been in the Path of Stones and the Wood of Thorns...” William Butler Yeats
Mythical Journey, Nature’s Call, Transformation Tale, Yearning, Mysticism, Mythology
William Butler Yeats Mythical Journey, Nature’s Call, Transformation Tale, Yearning, Mysticism, Mythology“Those men that in their writings are most wise Own nothing but their blind, stupefied hearts.” William Butler Yeats
Wisdom’s Burden, Heart’s Ignorance, Intellectual Truth, Passion, Reflection, Humanity
William Butler Yeats Wisdom’s Burden, Heart’s Ignorance, Intellectual Truth, Passion, Reflection, Humanity“But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” William Butler Yeats
Fragile Dreams, Personal Aspirations, Poetic Emotion, Vulnerability, Love, Sensitivity
William Butler Yeats Fragile Dreams, Personal Aspirations, Poetic Emotion, Vulnerability, Love, Sensitivity“Shakespeare cared little for the State, the source of all our judgments, apart from its shows and splendours, its turmoils and battles, its flamings out of the uncivilized heart.” William Butler Yeats
Theater, Politics, Judgment, History, Passion, Chaos
William Butler Yeats Theater, Politics, Judgment, History, Passion, Chaos“We all to some extent meet again and again the same people and certainly in some cases form a kind of family of two or three or more persons who come together life after life until all passionate relations are exhausted, the child of one life the husband, wife, brother, sister of the next. Sometimes, however, a single relationship will repeat itself, turning its revolving wheel again and again.” William Butler Yeats
Reincarnated Connections, Life Cycles, Eternal Relationships, Reincarnation, Relationships, Life
William Butler Yeats Reincarnated Connections, Life Cycles, Eternal Relationships, Reincarnation, Relationships, Life