It's not our past which most determines the possibilities open to us, it's what we choose here and now to make happen in our present and future.

It's not the troubles we run into, it's what we do about them which determines their net effect upon our lives ... by the very act of trying, our spirit is making progress.

It is the ability to focus our attention on self-motivating thoughts, rather than being mesmerised by negatives, which rests at the very heart of a healthy approach to life.

Let us imitate nature—not each other.

When Christians sing about the wrath of God, we are singing about ourselves.

Can you imagine, in 2030, taking a space cruise on the very ship that carried the first human beings to Mars? I can't believe that people wouldn't line up for that possibility.

I would much prefer that they take me as I am, that way the experience is genuine between the both of us.

If the imagination is to transcend and transform experience it has to question, to challenge, to conceive of alternatives, perhaps to the very life you are living at the moment.

We falsely interpret the world around us. We ignore evidence that doesn't support our prior beliefs and we convince ourselves we know things we don. We think we know things we don't know.

I'm no lyrical stylist, you wouldn't pick me for a perfect sentence, and I certainly wouldn't describe my novels as intellectual.

Romance says, ' I want it now!'. Wisdom urges patience

Cast your bread upon the waters, and after many days it will come back buttered.

I think it was 89.2% cheers and 11.8% boos, but I'm used to that.