George William Russell Quotes

United Kingdom, Writer
April 10, 1867 – July, 17, 1935.

George William Russell who wrote with the pseudonym Æ , was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a central figure in the group of devotees of theosophy which met in Dublin for many years.

Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.

George William Russell
- Pain
- Paradise
- Veil
We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.

George William Russell
- Hate
- Fight
- Defeat

In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.

George William Russell
- Christ
- Betrayed
- Boyhood
You cannot evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.

George William Russell
- Spirits
- Same Time
- Evoke
Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

George William Russell
- Earth
- Heaven
- Seek
After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. ... The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.

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
There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn.

George William Russell
- Nature
- Law
- Condemn

Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side.

George William Russell
- Reason
- Mountains
- Side
No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.

George William Russell