I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

Well done is better than well said.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

You can do anything you set your mind to.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

All the doors you ignored or refused to enter represents your uncreated fates!

Alas! how light a cause may move dissention between hearts that love!

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.

I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.

I think the terrorists are just idiots.

The artist has a twofold relation to nature; he is at once her master and her slave.

I love going to galleries, particularly the National Portrait Gallery.

I don't think you need to be so result-oriented when you're trying to define the success of an art work. I think we can allow some unpredictability.

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of