From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.

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.

Dear God, give bread to those who are hungry and a hunger and thirst for justice to those who have plenty. Amen.

What better way to oppose the monopolisation of truth and meaning than to go in search of their foundations within one’s own psyche?

Justice without compassion is but tyranny

I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

Every day is your day if you claim it.

I've never been prudish.

I went to school for fine art. I'm a decent housepainter, but I'm a really good fine art painter.

... it matters not what natural endowment a race may have if it prostitutes itself to the service of death.

If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.