For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.

It might or might not be right to kill, but sometimes it is necessary.

Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfillment.

If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Once water charges are in place they will only go up. This has been the history of all these charges

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

Control is as much an effect as a cause, and the idea that control is something you exert is a real handicap to progress

I will always need you, " I whisper. "All of this time I've waited for you. And you were never coming for me. Why did you let me wait for you?

Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.

If you're over 60, arms are not pretty, so I think you should stay covered up. But wear what's appropriate for what you're doing, how you live, and what your lifestyle is.

If you're looking for Jesus Then get on your knees

We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of something subtle.

I'll tell you, I've seen the lightning flash. I've heard the thunder roll. I felt sin-breakers dashing, trying to conquer my soul. But I heard the voice of Jesus saying still to fight on.

You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.

I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics.

Love, the supreme musician, is always playing in our souls