I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt.

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.

Ham with mustard is a meal of glory

Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.

Don’t worry about getting credit, do the work anyway.

Anything is possible.You can always have the life you dream of.

Putin is not a mass murderer. But, having said that, he is a product of the KGB, and the KGB was, of course, the secret police force of the Soviet Union.

Parkinson's Fourth Law: The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.

I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human.

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do and loads to lift; Shun not the struggle-face it; 'tis God's gift.

There are two completely different Britains. There's London, and there's the rest of Britain.

When you're public, you're at the mercy of the markets. You can be doing extremely well, but if the markets are in the tank or your industry is in the tank, you don't get rewarded for it.

The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're on the operating table.