Does the imagination dwell the most Upon a woman won or a woman lost?

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

Warriors respect each other. They give dignity to each other either in a win or in a defeat.

When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible, in divine thoughts.

If your work is deathwork, one weapon is not enough, just as a plumber would not answer an urgent service call with a single wrench.

My parents professed to believe in God, but I rarely heard his name mentioned unattached to 'damn' or 'sakes' or 'willing.

You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.

People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize them, somebody to wish them well. The terrible thing is to be unwanted.

It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.

I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.

What you do as president has consequences.

Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend