Human suffering is caused mainly by ideas, emotions, and thoughts which are the handiwork of the human itself.

The ultimate purpose of psychology is to release from psychology.

Consciousness precedes phenomenon, and therefore consciousness can alter phenomenon.

You were standing in the wake of devastation And you were waiting on the edge of the unknown And with the cataclysm raining down Insides crying "Save me now" You were there, impossibly alone

Their faces were inches apart now, and he traced her lips with one finger, lightly, lightly, then placed his lips there as if he’d drawn them into being.

I would like my book to give people insight to the war before and after, but I don't think anyone could read my book and suddenly make up her mind about the war. I want to write for everybody.

We know that dreams fuel innovation.

I still read Donne, particularly his love poems

Without the Blessed Sacrament a position like mine would be intolerable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

You can only really judge yourself in comparison to other people. How bad you are, but you're not as bad as someone else. So it's degrees of losing.

The pictorial work was born of movement, is itself recorded movement, and is assimilated through movement (eye muscles).

Complacency in the presence of miracles is like opening the door to your own tomb.