It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on a battlefield

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

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.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.

All men are children, and if you understand that, a woman understands everything.

There is a dharma for yourself, for someone else, for a family, for a nation, for a universe. There are collective and individual dharmas.

There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.

Arranging is sort of the most exciting part of making music right now for me. I really enjoy the process of arranging because you're given all the time that you need to decide on every single note.

Great leaders always have self-discipline -without exception.

Christianity isn't looking for a rainbow. If it were... we'd pass out opium at services. We're trying to serve God, not be God.

We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility.

The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line.

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