Hardship is vanishing, but so is style, and the two are more closely connected than the present generation supposes.

Spoon feeding, in the long run, teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Pathos, piety, courage, they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

I’m afraid most Bibles remain unopened and unread. Don’t let this be true of yours!

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

It is necessary to have a strong focus. Work will give you that focus.

Jon Snow: I'm not afraid to die. Mormont: Nor life, I hope.

The reason I've been groundedand able to make albums, is because I've allowed my friends to come with me and voice an opinion. That's who keeps you grounded, the people who have known you longest.

For me, privacy and security are really important. We think about it in terms of both: You can't have privacy without security.

We are nearer neighbours to ourselves than whiteness to snow, or weight to stones.

Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.

Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.