I would that I were an old beggar Rolling a blind pearl eye, For he cannot see my lady Go gallivanting by.

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.

Don’t lower your standards to keep anyone, if they’re not making you happy, it’s time to find someone who does.

Don’t drown yourself in the pool of lies

To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.

While their service is ending, our responsibility is just beginning!

Technology has to be accessible otherwise it enslaves us, and I'm not really in favour of that.

As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of religious faith.

Prayer is a powerful thing; for God has bound and tied himself thereunto.

I'm a big fan of cameras. I'm reasonably interested in good gadgets and I'm amazed by what things can do. The quality of the GoPros and what they can do is amazing.

I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!

To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it.