A waste land lit by holy candles. Sean O'Casey More Quotes by Sean O'Casey More Quotes From Sean O'Casey Oh Lord, give us a sense of humor with courage to manifest it forth, so that we may laugh to shame the pomps, the vanities, the sense of self-importance of the Big Fellows that the world sometimes sends among us, and who try to take our peace away. Sean O'Casey vanityhumorself That's the Irish all over -- they treat a joke as a serious thing and a serious thing as a joke. Sean O'Casey serious-thingstreatsserious There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction. Sean O'Casey argumentpassionateintellectual All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. Sean O'Casey funny-lifeinspirationaldrama You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea: you can not put an idea up against a barracks-square wall and riddle it with bullets: you cannot confine it in the strongest prison cell that your slaves could ever build. Sean O'Casey wallcellsideas Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another, while nature is always and ever making efforts to bring us together. Sean O'Casey effortgreedpolitical To me life is simply an invitation to live. Sean O'Casey invitationslife-is Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living. Sean O'Casey laughterwinemen When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me. Sean O'Casey healinghopedark There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible. Sean O'Casey dignityatheismthinking I ofen looked up at the sky an' assed meself the question - what is the stars, what is the stars? Sean O'Casey starssky So let us all who pray ask for what most of them need badly, a sense of humor to lighten their way through life, making it merrier for themselves and easier for others. Sean O'Casey prayerwayneeds The artist's life is to be where life is, active life, found in neither ivory tower nor concrete shelter; he must be out listening to everything, looking at everything, and thinking it all out afterward. Sean O'Casey artistbookthinking The whole worl's in a state o' chassis. Sean O'Casey statesstudywhole Here, with whitened hair, desires failing, strength ebbing out of him, with the sun gone down and with only the serenity and the calm warning of the evening star left to him, he drank to Life, to all it had been, to what it was, to what it would be. Hurrah! Sean O'Casey serenitystarshair Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, great as each may be, their highest comfort given to the sorrowful is a cordial introduction into another's woe. Sorrow's the great community in which all men born of woman are members at one time or another. Sean O'Casey communitymenjesus It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it. Sean O'Casey detrimentaltemperwould-be The secret to happiness is to find a congenial monotony. Sean O'Casey monotonysecrethappiness The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be wise, we can learn from them a richer and braver way to live. Sean O'Casey gaywisemen What time has been wasted during man's destiny in the struggle to decide what man's next world will be like! The keener the effort to find out, the less he knew about the present one he lived in. Sean O'Casey destinystrugglemen
