William Butler Yeats was one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper”“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” “Life is a long preparation for something that never happens” “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking” “Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people”“To long a sacrifice can make a stone of a heart”“All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions”