Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. – The Irish Times
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William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, and key figure of the Irish Literary Revival. Known for his lyrical and symbolic poetry, Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. He co-founded the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and played a significant role in the revival of Irish cultural traditions through his writing.
1865–1939·lived 73 years
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. – The Irish Times
I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?The Tower, p. 181, 1928
In dreams begins responsibility.The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats, Vol. 1, p. 203, 1989
Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats, Vol. 1, p. 123, 1989
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats, Vol. 4: Early Essays, p. 205, 1997
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.Dublin Marathon Medals Commemorate Yeats, and Misquote Him - The New York Times
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
That’s all 9 quotes by William Butler Yeats.