I went along with it, and wanted to appoint a significant figure in Malcolm Fraser. I didn't have high hopes that they'd be able to do anything, but something was worth a try.

The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest.

By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty.

Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don't exude morality.

I find a fence a very uncomfortable place to squat my bottom.

The world will not wait for us.

My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad.

I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies.

Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you won't get a real start on the war against terrorism.

We will not allow to become a political issue in this country the question of Asianisation.

I really had very little to do with Pierre Trudeau. He was off the scene very soon.

You think terrible things happened on the battlefields, but terrible things happened in ordinary suburban homes.

Inspiration should always be free.

The thing about tears is that they can be as quiet as a cloud floating across the desert sky.

You are the creator. Get out that old box of paints and brushes and start drawing love into your life.

When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

To sin is to be off the mark, that is, to inhibit development, contracting backward into regression rather than expanding forward into growth.

Philosophy starts with doubt and loves only truth.

To be closed from everything, and yet to feel, to think...This is the truth of hell, stripped of its gaudy medievalisms. This loss of contact.

Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.

Happiness can only be found within, by breaking attachments to external things and cultivating an attitude of acceptance.