But year after year that summons, unheard but felt, was disobeyed. His one secret thought became like a chain binding down his spirit and like a serpent gnawing into his heart.

Have a set of core values you must follow while living your life. It should be your Personal Constitution.

Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.

I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.

When I retired from my music November 1997, it had been 37 years.

Insecurity is miserable. That's the bottom line. We don't need it. We don't want it. And we really can live without it. So what would happen if we quite being accomplices in our own misery?

If I could dress anyone, I'd like to dress the Queen - she can handle anything. I'd put her in black - she never wears black - and add a little leather, maybe. A little rock n' roll.

The very word baptizé, however, signifies to immerse; and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient Church.

When good-natured people leave us we look forward with extra pleasure to their return.

My sister, my mother and I are great friends. We have always valued our immediate family immensely, something we learned from my father.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.