Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.

Necessity does not submit to debate.

Let him who loves his country in his heart, and not his lips only, follow me.

I insist that men shall have the right to work out their lives in their own way, always allowing to others the right to work out their lives in their own way, too.

A bold onset is half the battle.

If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland.

Man created God, not God, man

I utter this word with deepest affection and from the very bottom of my heart.

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

The priest is the personification of falsehood.

The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears.

Futurology always ends up telling you more about your own time than about the future.

Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream

Discord is the great ill of mankind

It is healthier in any case to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's "mature" critics often are.

Fukushima is the most terrifying situation I can imagine.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

I tell my retreat students that they need to remember two things: to eat what they want when they're hungry and to feel what they feel when they're not.

If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.

You can get away with saying much more with humor than you can with a straight face.