Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn
Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing
Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar
The greater the reform needed, the greater the personality you need to accomplish it
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn
No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess
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