Basically, the only thing we need is a hand that rests on our own, that wishes it well, that sometimes guides us.

So many catastrophes in love are only accidents of egotism.

A Warrior, A Winner has no fear. His only objective is to change the atmosphere, because he knows that then he controls the outcome.

The affection of parents makes infants feel safe in this dangerous world, and gives them boldness in experimentation and in exploration of their environments.

Children throw tantrums because they've imagined their 'father in heaven' does so. And because, their inherited religious book has, in written, shown them so.

Artists are controlled by the life that beats in them, like the ocean beats on the shore.

What is life if not a gamble?

The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is no chance of the weaker EU countries regaining competitiveness.

There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence delightful.

Their own second and sober thoughts.

Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both.

If bliss is to scratch an itch, what greater bliss, no itch at all? So too, the worldly, desirous, find some bliss, But greatest is the bliss with no desire