"Though leaves are many, the root is..." - Quote by William Butler Yeats
Though leaves are many, the root is one.
More by William Butler Yeats
“So long as all is ordered for attack, and that alone, leaders will instinctively increase the number of enemies that they may give their followers something to do.”
“And there's a score of duchesses, surpassing womankind,Or who have found a painter to make them so for payAnd smooth out stain and blemish with the elegance of his mind:I knew a phoenix in my youth, so let them have their day.”
“What is literature but the expression of moods by the vehicle of symbol and incident?”
More on Unity
“A party should not contain utterly incongruous elements, radically divided on the real issues, and acting together only on false and dead issues insincerely painted as real and vital. It should not in the several States as well as in the Nation be prostituted to the service of the baser type of political boss. It should be so composed that there should be a reasonable agreement in the actions taken by it both in the Nation and in the several States. Judged by these standards, both of the old parties break down.”
“In the sun I feel as one.”
“Love is the supreme unifying principle of life.”
More on Diversity
“The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.”
“The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together.”
“Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along.”