George William Russell Quotes

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.

~ George William Russell

Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see.

~ George William Russell

Love and hate have a magical transforming power. They are the great soul changers. We grow through their exercise into the likeness of what we contemplate.

~ George William Russell

The relation of landlord and tenant is not an ideal one, but any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality.

~ George William Russell

Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality.

~ George William Russell

We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity.

~ George William Russell