Because I helped to wind the clock, I come to hear it strike.

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.

The best relationships in our lives are the best not because they have been the happiest ones, they are that way because they have stayed strong through the most tormentful of storms.

Dreaming isn't bad for you but not doing anything to craft your dream is.

The profoundest of all sensualitiesis the sense of truthand the next deepest sensual experienceis the sense of justice.

Love is the only emotion so unexplainable and unique, that not even the greatest of writers could hope to contain it within their meagre words.

The Lady may favoryou, but at least I am in charge of my own destiny.

You have the choice of deliberately directing your thinking, or allowing other forces to dictate your desires and attitudes.

It's very humbling to imagine somebody else's really life and their pain ... It's my drug.

I like the humility that comes from being hated. Hopefully some humility and compassion comes out of that.

Pop songs now, they're about the aftermath of love.

It is vain philosophy that supposes more causes than are exactly adequate to explain the phenomena of things.