I have learned that if you fear God, you have no one else to fear.

You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!

He who stops being better stops being good.

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church is crushed

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences.

Work hard, trust in God, and keep your bowels open.

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

A man never rises higher than when he does not know whither his path can still lead him.

Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.

You are happy when you can enjoy the little things around you.

...and I shut off my anxious heart and my nervous head as dusk descended into another night, another meaningless merging, another attempt to find myself as I gave myself away.

One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing.

When a woman marries she belongs to another man; and when she belongs to another man there is nothing more you can say to her.

My only fear is the unknown.

When men are growing up and they're reading about Batman, Spiderman, Superman ... those are not fantasies ... they're options.

Revenge proves it's own executioner.

My religion is the Earth, man. I believe in trees.

If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.