I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.

Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.

I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it's a great honour.

Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.

Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.

We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.

It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'

Don't ruin a good story with the facts.

You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you're got music.

Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart.

The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.

I bought my first house when I was 24 for £19,500 and it was sold two years ago for £256,000. I've always made profit on my houses.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

It watches," he added suddenly. "The house. It watches every move you make.

To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.

Repression forces your mind to be more deeply entrenched in those things from which you are trying to escape.

Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.