When you read, " the man whispered, "you discover who you really are. You find traces of yourself, little pieces you didn't know were there.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.

Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of being mauled by it.

It’s amazing how life will organize around the standards you set for yourself.

No one recovers from the disease of being born, a deadly wound if there ever was one.

Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.

People think that I'm very serious.

There's no question that largely vegetarian diets are as healthy as you can get. The evidence is so strong and overwhelming and produced over such a long period of time that it's no longer debatable.

It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished.

We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat.