A lonely impulse of delight

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.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

Your true potential in life will always be greater than your biggest goals and dreams.

The motive of man is a mystery.

The wrong words are impossible when there are no words.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women

A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States.

Happy contractedness of youth, nay, of mankind in general, that they think neither of the high nor the deep, of the true nor the false, but only of what is suited to their own conceptions.

We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

You can tell the size of a person by the way he treats people who cannot help him.