I have lived to see that being seventeen is no protection against becoming seventy, but to know this needs the experience of a lifetime, for no imagination copes with it.

I should have shouted "No" and left him. "But at least" said Satan in the deeps of my mind, "know what the temptation is before you do anything hastily.

In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth, a life full of the most atrocious tortures on earth, will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

That competition and the struggle for existence is the mechanism behind this state of perpetual change.

At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.

The most important question any human being will ever face: 'Who do you say that Jesus is?'

That which impels man to do the right thing is God.

Cooking a fantastic meal is therapeutic. I like the entire process-the chopping, the stirring. At the end, hopefully you get to enjoy a great meal with a friend or loved one.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

Live in the sunshine.

The rush to enjoy robs the joy from life and only denies the happiness and freedom of here and now.

Is Thom Yorke there? Oh he is? Well then how the can I be Thom Yorke, talking to you, right here, on the phone.