William Butler Yeats quotes

" Education is not the filling of the pail, but, the lighting of the fire. " # Motivation

" Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. " # Language # Communication # Communism and Socialism

" In dreams begin responsibility. " # Responsibility

" But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. " # Dreams # Poverty and The Poor # Humor

" The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. " # Reason # Business # Heart

" We begin to live when we have conceived life as a tragedy. " # Life and Living

" Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. " # Planning # Life and Living # Preparation

" Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends. " # Friends and Friendship # Freedom # Power

" An intellectual hate is the worst. " # Intelligence and Intellectuals

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