George William Russell Quotes

1867–1935 Ireland

George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935) was an Irish nationalist, critic, poet, painter and mystic who often wrote under the pseudonym "Æ."

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Also known as: George Russell, AE, Æ

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There are heaps of things I would like to do, but there is no time to do them.

Letter to Mrs. T. P. Hyatt (1895)

For sure the enchanted waters pour through every wind that blows.

The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)

I shine afar, till men may not divine
Whether it is the stars or the beloved
They follow with wrapt spirit.

By Still Waters (1906)

Each dream remembered is a burning-glass,
Where through to darkness from the Light of Lights
Its rays in splendour pass.

By Still Waters (1906)

On the laugh of a child I am borne to the joy of the King.

A young man who had been troubling society with impalpable doctrines of a new civilization which he called "the Kingdom of Heaven" had been put out of the way; and I can imagine that believer in material power murmuring as he went homeward, "it will all blow over now." Yes. The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet.

The Economics of Ireland and the Policy of the British Government (1921)

A thousand ages onward led
Their joys and sorrows to that hour;
No wisdom weighed, no word was said,
For only what we were had power.

By Still Waters (1906)

And from the magic tree of life the fruit falls everywhere.

The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)

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.

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

Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

The Unpractised Heart (1942)

Flame unto flame shall flow and be
Within thy heart and mine as one.

By Still Waters (1906)

And see the confluence of dreams
That clashed together in our night,
One river born of many streams
Roll in one blaze of blinding light!

We and it and all together flashing through the starry spaces
In a tempest dream of beauty lighting up the place of places.

The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)

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.

Open letter to the Masters of Dublin (1913)

You may succeed in your policy and ensure your own damnation by your victory.

Open letter to the Masters of Dublin (1913)

For beauty called to beauty and there thronged at the enchanter's will
The vanished hours of love that burn within the Ever-living still.

The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)

Far up the dim twilight fluttered
Moth-wings of vapour and flame:
The lights danced over the mountains,
Star after star they came. The lights grew thicker unheeded,
For silent and still were we;
Our hearts were drunk with a beauty
Our eyes could never see.

The Unknown God (1913)

The twilight fleeted away in pearl on the stream,
And night, like a diamond dome, stood still in our dream.

The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)

The great deep thrills for through it everywhere
The breath of beauty blows.

The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)

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