THE PEOPLE WOULD BE JUST AS NOISY IF THEY WERE GOING TO SEE ME HANGED.

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

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.

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

The luxury of being half-asleep, exploring the fringes of psychosis in safety.

There are hundreds of reasons to be kind, but only one that matters—because it’s who you are.

It’s adult swim time and I’m diving in here at the shallow end.

The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death.

A steady diet of the higher truths might prove exhausting, but it's important that we acknowledge their validity and celebrate their survival.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you're being slanted until very late in the game.

Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.

I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do.