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

~George William Russell

Topics: Eat Evoke Great Same Same Time Spirits Time You

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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

Topics: Against Allow Defeat Fight Hate Insure Likeness May Our Ourselves Spiritual Wrong

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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

Topics: Any Endure Human Immortality Life Order Relations Social Social Order Some Spirit Sympathy Them Which Will

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

~George William Russell

Topics: Between Hell How Lies Pain Paradise Thin Think Veil Ah

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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

Topics: After Even Ireland Material More Nationality Neighbor Persist Powers Spirit Spiritual Than Thing Though Will World

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Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

~George William Russell

Topics: Earth Found Heaven Seek You

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

~George William Russell

Topics: Blow Blown Centuries Heaven Kingdom Over Shall Wind World

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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

Topics: Character Civilization Controls Country Denied Destiny Down Entire Fundamental Lay Policy Proposition Taxation Think Trade Which Whoever Will

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

~George William Russell

Topics: Makes Man More Nothing Power Protest Seems Spirit Than Which

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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

Topics: Body Cell Dominion Dwell House Intricate Life Never Over Perfection Single Which Wisdom Work

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Writer

Born: April 10th, 1867

Died: July 17th, 1935

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