It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

You want to make people relaxed.

A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head.

Life is currently quite frustrating. However, it feels good to be alive.

Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.

There are a couple of ways to avoid death, one is to be magnificent.

Athletes don't have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn't get you anywhere in a race.

I love playing music no matter where it is.

I was sort of a sissy as a little kid.

You must use force against terrorism.