Can a spear divine the Eternal Will?

Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.

I came to the resolve that the attempt was not only worth trying, but should be tried in the very near future if we wanted at all to keep our flag flying; for I was sure as of my own existence that if another decade was allowed to pass without an endeavour of some kind or another to shake off an unjust yoke, the Irish people would sink into lethargy from which it would be impossible for any patriot . . . to arouse them . . .

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.

It is by love alone that we understand anything