“...in the unique case of a country’s geographic position, it is difficult to consider this factor as anything other than a cause, unless we assume that in prehistoric times peoples migrated to climates that fit their concepts of power distance, which is rather far-fetched.”
“Sin is geographical.”
“But once you cross the Shannon - even though geographically you have only come a short distance - different rules of time apply, and most people still understand the crucial secret of human happiness: that it's better to do a few things slowly, than a lot of things fast.”
“True friends never apart maybe in distance but never in heart”
“The profoundest of all sensualitiesis the sense of truthand the next deepest sensual experienceis the sense of justice. ”