"on the instant clamorous eaves,A climbing moon..." - Quote by William Butler Yeats
on the instant clamorous eaves,A climbing moon upon an empty sky,And all that lamentation of the leaves,Could but compose man's image and his cry.
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“One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.”
“What do we know but that we face one another in this place?”
“But O, sick children of the world,Of all the many changing thingsIn dreary dancing past us whirled,To the cracked tune that Chronos sings,Words alone are certain good.”
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“Experiencing differences is crucial to the human condition. Especially when that difference is over the head, blower powder.”
“The brawling of a sparrow in the eaves The brilliant moon and all the milky sky And all that famous harmony of leaves Had blotted out man's image and his cry.”
“When you see around you the human form suffering or dissolving, you have empathy on the human level. You share the suffering because it has to do with the fleetingness of form. But if that is the only level that operates in you, you haven't gone beyond suffering.”