Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, 

for a liar who will deceive with his tongue 

will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science 

have been given their initial expression

 in attractively modest terms, 

with no fanfare.

Laughter does not please the mighty.

Most of the evil of the world comes about 

not out of evil motives, 

but somebody saying 

'get with the program, 

be a team player'.

Education is what survives 

when what has been learned 

has been forgotten.

A forest bird never wants a cage.

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! 

When work is a duty, life is slavery.

It's not that the Irish are cynical. 

It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect 

for everything 

and everybody.

Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, 

and make an outward pretence to it; 

but the free-thinker alone is truly free.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Spring was moving in the air above 

and in the earth below and around him, 

penetrating even his dark and lowly little house 

with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.

The subjectivisation of the universal in art 

brings the universal downward 

on one hand, 

while on the other 

it helps raise the individual toward the universal.

The insufferable arrogance of human beings 

to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, 

as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire 

merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Treat all men alike. 

Give them the same law. 

Give them an even chance to live and grow.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful 

as an idea whose time has come.