IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.

And where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds came to listen with serious and sympathetic mien.

Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds.

Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled.

We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.

I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.

Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.

What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true economy is to arrange so that your daily labor shall be itself a joy.

I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.

My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years; but they were lacking in definite outline.

Count every moment of existence as a miracle.

Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won't get much smarter.

Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.

You know it's never too late to shoot for the stars regardless of who you are

From all those created in the image of God there is something to be received, and to them something to be given.

Reality is nourishment, but people don't believe it, I guess it's hard to stomach the truth like a bulimic.

The more you forget yourself, the more Jesus will think of you.

You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.

From a pound of iron, that costs little, a thousand watch-springs can be made, whose value becomes prodigious. The pound you have received from the Lord,--use it faithfully.

I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.