There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.
There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought.