Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

The power of fiction is a great thing. But, after all, reality is just a little more important.

If you enjoy peace now, remember it is out of the toils of those who were gone before you. The question is "will you leave peace behind you when you are gone"?

One difficulty that someone who has been in military/government service during war has, is reconciling his/her pride with their horror.

I hope I'm a spiritual person. I'm trying to be a spiritual person.

He who gives while he lives, gets to know where it goes.

True disruption means threatening your existing product line and your past investments. Breakthrough products disrupt current lines of businesses.

When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!

This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film.