Quotes By William Butler Yeats

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

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

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.