People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books.

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.

You can't save the rhinos and you can't preserve a culture. I'm very pessimistic. Once it's gone, it's over.

All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.

Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

Tibet has a very proud people but it's culturally gone and overrun ever since the Chinese took over. It's like saving the rhino. When a species is endangered, it's gone.

I'm afraid our sun is nothing like whatever defined.

One should love oneself enough not to love oneself too much.

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?

Investment is crucial. Because the truth is, you only get jobs and growth in the economy when people invest money, at their own risk, in setting up a business or expanding an existing business.

People should make a stand for the things they love and want to see survive infinite generations.

One thing I have learned in my 46 years on this planet is that the greatest opportunity for growth and understanding comes through the challenges that we encounter.

I'm dying, but so are you

What we call "willing" is often but an inflation of ourselves, attended by a hardening.

The PSP will not be able to display anything that you cannot do on a current system.

In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study.