You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.

The master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live.

Rest your eyes and then read till they fall out of your head.

Limerick gained a reputation for piety, but we knew it was only the rain.

Stock your mind, stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.

music was the only beautiful thing he owned

I held you in the square And felt the evening Re-order itself around Your smile.

If we compare Europe with other continents, it is marked out as [another] persecuting continent.

Give your life to Christ, he'll challenge you.

Logic is one thing and commonsense another.

I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?

An authentic spirituality does not cater to culture; it calls culture to accountability.

The impossible is not quite impossible if you put your mind to it.

I'm not a violent person and I don't hit people.

Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.