作为爱尔兰人，就是要知道最终世界会让你心碎。
To be Irish is to know that in the end, the world will break your heart.
If you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves.
Music is a power that can heal the soul.
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
We must listen to the science and act decisively to preserve marine biodiversity.
与孟子不同，荀子主张“性恶”，认为人性本恶。因而更强调人为的作用，通过后天的人为的努力才能达到“善”。没有本性那么人为的努力就不能对症下药，没有人为的努力，本性就不能改善。所以主张“性伪合”，天生的本性和后天的努力对人都有重要影响，而后天的努力更为重要，它是我们能够自己掌控的，“学不可以已”的意义就更大。
成功不是终点，失败也不是致命的：重要的是继续前进的勇气。