One's distance from Heaven is in proportion to the measure of one's self-love.

Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.

Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might be.

Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind.

For those who trust in the Divine all things are moving towards an everlasting state of happiness, and no matter what happens at any time to them, it contributes to that state.

Every single moment of a person's life, both of the understanding and of the will, is a new beginning.

Our love is our life itself. What our love is like determines how we live and therefore everything about what we are as human beings.

Conscience is God's presence in humans.

Saying that someone is full of themselves is silly. Who else can one be full of … except self?

All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.

Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it!

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.

I'll leave here with my head held high and with confidence that history will judge my time here.

Realty exists only through experience, and it must be personal experience.

I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

"Uisce Beatha" is a compounded distilled spirit being drawn on aromatics, and the Irish sort is particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour.