(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance.

I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.

If you do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. If what you are doing is not working, do something else.

Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment.

Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.

Everything is in the way the material is composed.

The Christ of Bethlehem is the Christ of Galilee, is the Christ of the Crucifixion, is the Christ of the Resurrection, is the Christ of the Eucharist

Beliefs: Those things we hold to be true despite evidence to the contrary.

Dublin was turning into Disneyland with super-pubs, a Purgatory open till five in the morning.

Are we to have a church in which everyone's judgment is equal to everyone else's? That's not a church, it's chaos. Common sense dictates that you keep the fox out of the chicken coop.

It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends.

The sun gave us our eyes to see the beauty of nature, his creation, through his light.

The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.

If you hate your life, you haven't' seen enough of it. If you hate your life, it's because your life is too small and doesn't' fit you.

There is something inspiring and sublime about the little forget-me-not flower. I hope it will be a symbol of the little things that make your lives joyful and sweet.

The samsara is the sense of self. I've had past experiences. I'm aware of the moment. I will have future experiences.

Religious War has signified the greatest advance of the masses so far, for it proves that the masses have begun to treat concepts with respect.

The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.

I have busted more hippies' noses than all the narcs in the free world.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But don't wobble.