Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it.

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.

Without God, right and wrong are just personal beliefs. Personal opinions. I think shoplifting is okay, you don’t.

The Message of Mohammad is not a set of metaphysical phenomena. It is a complete civilization.

A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.

Your mind is like a garden - unless you cultivate flowers, weeds will flourish. To keep your mind positive, substitute positive thoughts for negative thoughts.

America, I appreciate you liking me.

Live Aid did feel like one hour's rehearsal after several years, but to be part of Live Aid was wonderful. It reall was.

There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing...

It seems unfair that anyone can set up on Twitter using my name, or the name of any famous person, without any checks at all.

Come on, Rory! It isn't rocket science, it's just quantum physics! -The Doctor (Matt Smith)

We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.