Sean O'Casey

"We see through a glass, darkly – but we must see."

"The great appear great because we are on our knees."

"Poetry is the music of the soul, and especially of great and isolated souls."

"I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."

"The only way to deal with tyranny is through courage and resistance."

"Faith is a beautiful armour, but it will not guard the back."

"Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations."

"Nature gives us grounding, teaches us humility, and shows us our place in the universe."

"All art is quite useless – and that is its greatest worth."

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose."

"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility."

"Imagination is the beginning of creation; you imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"The greatest wealth is health – guard it jealously."

"Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life."

"A man's as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks – but neither should complain."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather assessment that something else is more important than fear."

"Change is the only constant – embrace it or be left behind."

"To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility."

"The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people and their stories."

"Death is but another adventure waiting to unfold."

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."

"Gratitude transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary."

"Creativity flourishes where fear is absent and curiosity is encouraged."

"Justice delayed is justice denied – act with urgency for what is right."

"Patience is not passive; it is active waiting with purpose and intention."

"Kindness costs nothing, yet it buys everything worth having."

"Strength is not measured by muscles, but by the ability to rise after falling."

"Fear is the greatest prison – unlock the door and walk free."