Colm Toibin Quote

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.

We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.

The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human inventions, as the name implies - and our sp...

Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.

When efforts that are wisely executed, the situation and condition don't affect the performance.