Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

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.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

Some people today are wandering generalities instead of meaningful specifics because they have failed to discover and mine the wealth of potentials in them.

The sum of things to be known is inexhaustible, and however long we read, we shall never come to the end of our story-book.", 3 October 1892)

I think every war certainly wears on national will and national patience, particularly a counterinsurgency.

What good is a beautiful dame with a Rolls-Royce frame, and a Volkswagen brain?

Sometimes it seemed like the truth was a bandy-legged soul who dashed from one side of the world to the other and I could never find him.

I dwell in the city and the city dwells in me.

The claims of Christ are always on trial, and we remain under oath! We are his witnesses for truth.

Nearly losing my life made me want to live my life.

Well the truth is, Santino didn't beat me, because I beat myself.

Time has changed and now is the age of spending.