Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Focus on your purpose, and your stress will melt away.

Now and then, when I grow nostalgic about my ocean childhood - the wauling of gulls and the smell of salt, somebody solicitous will bundle me into a car and drive me to the nearest briny horizon.

My friends, there are no friends.

I am glad to be here to create a new history in our industry. I'm very proud of this.

As they say - a bird in the hand is worth one in the bush.

you would have to give up all else, I alone would expect you to be your sole and exclusive standard

I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important.

I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is a habit.

If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child