"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."
7 likes
Source: William Butler Yeats (2016). “The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats”, p.57, William Butler Yeats
About the author
Same author
More quotes by William Butler Yeats
"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met."
"There is another world, but it is in this one."
"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."
"The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner."
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."