George William Russell

“We become what we behold.”

“The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.”

“Our follies are the only things we regret.”

“You can't be a rebel without the scars.”

“The sense of beauty is the Divine within, moving out to the Divine in the world.”

“We are all kings in exile.”

“Twilight is the hour of the soul.”

“Memory is a stranger that you love.”

“The highest virtue is to be happy.”

“For we are man, and man is immortal, and therefore we are immortal.”

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.”

“There is no sin but ignorance.”

“Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.”

“The power is with the people.”

“I began to have an idea of my own.”