It has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

I have to be seen to be believed.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe…

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

Either find a way, or make one....You can bend but you can never break if you want to achieve excellence.

Wolves go after a wounded deer, it is the nature of the beast.

Free love is too expensive.

This is every writer's nightmare - the sudden breakdown of meaning in the language that sustains and supports us.

Incredible nervous state, trepidation beyond words: to be this much in love is to be sick (and I love to be sick).

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the up market.

I give people my heart and my full attention.

LSD is a catalyst or amplifier of mental processes. If properly used it could become something like the microscope or telescope of psychiatry.