Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.

What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness.

A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said the more he heard, let's emulate that wise old bird.

The first beginnings of wisdom...is to ask questions but never to answer any.

When things go wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When life looks black as the hour of night, A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.

When money's tight and is hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.

Rome wasn't built in A.D.

Another day gone and no jokes.

Descartes spent far too much time in bed subject to the persistent hallucination that he was thinking. You are not free from a similar disorder.

Strange enlightenments are vouchsafed to those who seek the higher places.

Stars are dull when they're compared to you and I

Love has no ad hoc principle

A step towards love is a mile towards joy.

No drug mafia can run his business without affiliation with the governance.

A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained.

Technology challenges us to assert our human values, which means that first of all, we have to figure out what they are.

When you are bigger than your purpose you have a career. When your purpose is bigger than you, you have a calling.

What we say we believe makes very little difference until we act on our belief

The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.

Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready.