Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.

There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn.

Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side.

No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.

After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. ... The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.

Whiskey: a torchligh procession marching down your throat.

We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.