I am the conscience of the 21st Century.

The road to freedom is bordered with sunflowers.

If we're being told to do stupid or cruel things, then it is morally correct to disobey.

When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey.

Quentin Crisp said it to me; now I say it to you: say yes to everything.

Never fall for someone with a body to diet for.

Calamitous collapse is better than mediocre defeat!

Different is not wrong.

Ageing is a privilege not a predicament.

Revolutions have always started in cafés.

Art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being.

It would be so great to have someone my own age to talk to, even if it was just about books.

The best gift you can give to someone is spending time with them. The worst thing you can do someone is to avoid them when they badly need you.

Difficulties are meant to rouse not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.

I'm quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we've got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.

It is the mind that weaves the dream of life, it convinces us that what we see is what is apparent and what is real, and that there's nothing else outside of our perception.

A person of responsibility can trust himself to choose the right thing over the easy thing.

I said if you're thinkin' of being my brother, it don't matter if you're black or white.

Ask yourself this question every day: "How may I best serve the most people?"

There are 16 year olds competing at the olympics and i still push on pull doors & struggle getting through the whole day without a nap.