All empty souls tend to extreme opinion. It is only in those who have built up a rich world of memories and habits of thought that extreme opinions affront the sense of probability. Propositions, for instance, which set all the truth upon one side can only enter rich minds to dislocate and strain, if they can enter at all, and sooner or later the mind expels them by instinct.
William Butler YeatsLocke sank into a swoon; The Garden died; God took the spinning-jenny Out of his side.
William Butler YeatsTime drops in decay Like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; But, kindly old rout Of the fire-born moods, You pass not away.
William Butler YeatsOnly that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
William Butler Yeats