William Russell
William Russell
Twentieth century actor, director, and screenwriter who appeared in over 200 silent films, including Pride and the Man, and Girls Gone Wild.
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 April 1884
defeated great victors wars
The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.
work yield
We have control over the work of our hands, but little over the working of the soul. But yet we must yield to it, for without it we have nothing.
man power seems
Nothing exasperates the spirit in man more than power which seems unconquerable and which makes impotent all protest.
art biological practise realise
We realise that natural aptitudes are not interchangeable, and each person must, of biological or spiritual necessity, practise the art for which he is fitted.
time plums spirit
You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.
trying mountain doe
Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side.
whiskey throat procession
Whiskey: a torchligh procession marching down your throat.
spiritual unconquerable-will world
After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality.... The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.
hate people movement
A literary movement: five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other.
hero childhood sorrow
In ancient shadows and twilightsWhere childhood had strayed,The world's great sorrows were bornAnd its heroes were made.In the lost boyhood of JudasChrist was betrayed.
blow men wind
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.
laughter heart tired
We are tired who follow after fantasy and truth that flies: You with only look and laughter stain our hearts with richest dyes.
pain lying thinking
Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.
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.