If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin Category: Perspective
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation. – Friedrich Nietzsche Category: Perspective
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. – Robert Green Ingersoll Category: Perspective
All the suns labor to kindle your flame and a microbe puts it out. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Perspective
Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out. – Marguerite Blessington Category: Genius
But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda – no-one else is going to do that. – Gerry Adams Category: Peace
