George William Russell
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"George William Russell" who wrote with the pseudonym "Æ" (sometimes written "AE" or "A.E."), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, artistic painter and Irish Nationalism/Irish nationalist. He was also a mysticism writer, and a personage of a group of devotees of theosophy in Dublin for many years.

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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.

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You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.

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Our responsibility is to see they are in safe, affordable housing, especially if we have vacant units at other sites that need to be leased. That's not to say none of them will get a voucher. But they're not automatically entitled to it.

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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.

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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.

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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 of the way; and I can imagine that believer in material power murmuring as he went homeward, "it will all blow over now." Yes. The wind from the Kingdom of Heaven has blown over the world, and shall blow for centuries yet.

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In order to sell or change the ownership of this property, we need to seek approval from HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development).

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Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see.

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

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Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

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Ang Lee has succeeded in presenting this highly controversial situation in an intelligent and sensitive fashion and secured outstanding performances from the entire cast. It is a feat which has been rightly recognized.

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It is important to have children in 'The Magic Flute,' because it adds an innocent wisdom to the opera. These three spirits give enlightened information to help two of the major characters past their problems.

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