We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.

Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.

He who fights, can lose. He who doesn't fight, has already lost.

Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.

Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.

Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what's left tastes bitter.

It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?

My mother was an authority on pig sties. This is the worst looking pigsty I have ever seen in my life, and I want it cleaned up right now.

The Irish are great for their tunes, but all their lovesongs are sad and their warsongs happy.

It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always gets better as I go over it and over it.

The Human heart is an idol factory.

Never do things that you will regret later.

Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.

Racing is dangerous, but I've been in a lot worse situations as a pipe fitter.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.