William Butler Yeats

"Desire is the great law of the universe; it is the force through which things happen."

"We are beaten until we yield, then find ourselves exalted."

"What else is change but death itself, and yet what else is life but constant change?"

"The poet is often the voice of what society cannot yet speak."

"Where there is sorrow, there too can be found courage."

"The heart loves what it loves, and no law can change the direction of its devotion."

"Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret."

"Perfection is like a storm cloud that constantly moves; it is never quite where you stand."

"The quality of mercy is not forced; it flows from those with noble hearts."

"What can the imagination not accomplish when given freedom to roam?"

"When you truly know yourself, you can be anyone and anything you wish."

"The war within each man is far greater than any war between nations."

"Language is the spirit made visible to the senses."

"The truth is that we contain multitudes, warring and in harmony all at once."

"Age brings wisdom, but it also brings the weariness of understanding too much."

"The scholar and the saint alike must pass through the fire of doubt."

"Where love and reason are at war, love most often wins the victory."

"A man's will is his own, though circumstance may bend it severely."

"The greatest leaders are those who know how to listen in silence."

"Money measures neither the worth of a man nor the value of a life."

"Health is not merely the absence of disease, but the presence of joy."

"Adventure is calling to those brave enough to hear its whisper."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"Among all the arts, poetry teaches us to think in the language of the soul."

"Every person carries within them the capacity for both creation and destruction."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas at once."

"Gratitude is the flower that blooms in a noble heart."

"The mask we wear becomes us; therefore choose wisely what face you present."

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often regret the door we left behind."

"Patience is not passivity; it is the active waiting of one who knows their worth."