I join you therefore in branding as cowardly the idea that the human mind is incapable of further advances.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

The greatest life is the love for God. And the love for thy neighbour.

Compassion Is The Key

I feel bad that I don't feel worse.

You either trust someone day one until they prove you wrong, or you say, 'I don't trust you until you show me I can trust you.' I'm the latter.

Confidence is not 'they will like me'. Confidence instead is 'I'll be fine if they don't'.

We know that social exclusion is closely tied to the new economic world order, globalized, with free and open markets, which isn't bringing prosperity or social justice to all.

I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot.

Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.

Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur.

If I was on an island, just for melody, I would take albums by the Stones, AC/DC and the Beach Boys' Smiley Smile.