William Butler Yeats

"The shadow is as much a part of the man as the light."

"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

"The question is not whether you will be remembered, but for what you will be remembered."

"Love is the one and only force that binds the scattered pieces of the world."

"Technology alone cannot heal the wounds of the human heart."

"The past cannot be changed, but it can be understood and accepted."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is the presence of understanding."

"When all else fails, remember that you are made of stardust and ancient light."

"The beauty of a moment often reveals itself only in memory."

"To live is to choose, and to choose is to accept the weight of consequence."

"The mind that fears itself most is often the mind with the greatest potential."

"Creativity is not reserved for the gifted; it is the birthright of all who dare to dream."

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."

"How can we know the dancer from the dance?"

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

"There are no strangers here; only friends you haven't yet met."

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."

"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."

"In dreams begins responsibility."

"I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

"There is another loneliness that comes from love."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Get done whatever you have to get done, then retire to your inner self."

"Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people."

"Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart."

"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary periods of joy."

"The Fallon family has produced many fine men and women."

"All things fall and are built again, and those that build them again are gay."

"A man can embody truth and know it; the moment he ceases to embody it, he forgets it."

"The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life or of the work."