Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

I sometimes think that God will ask us, 'That wonderful world of mine, why didn't you enjoy it more?

As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary.

Acceptance of death when it arrives is one thing, but to allow it to upstage the joys of living is ingratitude.

One of the reasons why old people make so many journeys into the past is to satisfy themselves that it is still there.

Jane Austen can in fact get more drama out of morality than most other writers can get from shipwreck, battle, murder, or mayhem.

I like to prowl ordinary places.I feel sorry for us all or glad for us allcaught alive togetherand awkward in that way.there's nothing better than the jokeof usthe seriousness of usthe dullness of us

The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always one more track to follow, one more mirage to explore.

In leadership there are always problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. When you try to solve a tension, you create a problem.

We celebrate Labor Day by not going to work?

There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largeness and of love; and strength is often only another name for willing bondage to irremediable weakness.

I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme.

Never pick up a stray kitten . . . unless you've already made up your mind to be owned by it.

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.

If nobody makes you do it, it counts as fun.

My father loves his country and is ready to lead it. In my fathers gut: integrity.