It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is a matter for British domestic security policy too.

Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.

Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do.

The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid the foundations of civilization.

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.

When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.

Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.

Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.

Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.

Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.

My book 'Ali Pasha' tells the true story of a young sailor Henry Friston, who, in the hell-fire of battle, forms an unusual friendship.

When you have abandoned all past and future, it is as if you have come alive. You are here, mindful...the nature of all types of consciousness reveals itself.

It was not until months after going vegetarian that I started really learning about all of the health benefits.

Each piece of jewellery tells a story of my life. Picking one particular piece as a favorite would be like taking a chapter out of a book.

I always appear behind a mask. As such, I can visit my own exhibitions without any visitors knowing who I really am even if I stand a few steps away from them.

Although our emotions sometimes behave like spoiled, selfish children, unfortunately we cannot send them to their room or tell them to stop screaming.

but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.

Indian films are always very passionate and romantic, and so long as the scene is done well aesthetically, I have no qualms doing it.

A lot of people are wanting him [Barack Obama] to be the president just because he's black. But I think he does have some good views.

Every photo, every 'ONCE' in time is also the beginning of a story starting 'once upon a time...' Every photo is the first frame of a movie.