A young man who had been troubling society with impalpable doctrines of a new civilization which he called "the Kingdom of Heaven" had been put out o…

- George William Russell

Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

- George William Russell

In ancient shadows and twilightsWhere childhood had strayed,The world's great sorrows were bornAnd its heroes were made.In the lost boyhood of JudasC…

- George William Russell

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in…

- George William Russell

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

- George William Russell

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

- George William Russell

In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.

- 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 must pass like smoke or live within the spirit's fire; For we can no more than smoke unto the flame return If our thought has changed to dream, ou…

- George William Russell