I have started to think that the great, decisive moments that broadly govern our lives are far less conscious at the time than they seem later when we are reminiscing and taking stock.

Time is a purgatory that has cleansed all fury from my memories.

And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise to our act. Everything turns on our intentions.

Whether life finds us guilty or not guilty, we ourselves know we are not innocent.

There is no pain like the pain of knowing you love someone but cannot live with them.

London is a huge, stony desert: even boredom feels endless there.

Is disinterest not the essence of every human relationship?

One has to endure betrayal and disloyalty and, hardest of all , another person's excellence of character or intellect

Everything your students need to know about philosophy communicated in a way that appeals to them, as well as inspire many of them to the study of philosophy.

I returned from the West, and brought home in my nostrils and nerves that benumbing lethargy, imprudent hostility, and arrogant superiority with which the West viewed the fate of Eastern Europe.

Evidently one endures anything, provided one has a goal.

Only what is seen, appreciated, and loved will be missed in its absence which makes humans creatures of habit

If we had paid attention, we would have understood there are some things in this world you cannot outrun.

It is always too late, or too little, or both. And that is the road to disaster.

I think of Alan Thicke as Perry Como without the excitement.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

Detachment and involvement: the artist must have both. The link between them is compassion. It has taken me over fifty years to get a glimmer of what this means.

One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.

I have learned the lesson the hard way and I hope it serves as a lesson to lots of other young people. I would also like to apologise to all loyal Blue Peter viewers.

There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page

I'm still getting my exercise at five o'clock in the morning, that's good. So far I've managed to hold on to a bike ride on Saturday or Sunday morning, probably at least two weekends out of three.