George William Russell
George William Russell
George William Russellwho wrote with the pseudonym Æ, was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, artistic painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a central personage in the group of devotees of theosophy which met in Dublin for many years...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth10 April 1867
CountryIreland
childhood betrayed boyhood
In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was betrayed.
spiritual hate fighting
We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.
forgive-me joy forgiving
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 joy.
heaven earth found
Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.
time plums spirit
You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.
sympathy order spirit
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.