Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.

What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly...timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend.

The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.

When Irish eyes are smiling, watch your step.

Color is seductive. It changes as it interacts with other colors, it changes because of the light falling upon it, and it changes as it becomes larger in size.

I have moments, like a guy saying to me on the tube, "You know, you look a lot like Jessie Ware."

All the religions have deviated from its roots, and the main thing was that you must have your Realization, you must have your Spirit. Once you become the Spirit then you understand the religion.

To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.

Poetry will exist as long as there is a problem of life and death

I want to raise my own baby. I don't want my baby crying for some other strange lady, some nanny. I am not down with that.