Thank God, I can look at a sunset now without having to think how to describe it

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

True service is when you serve others without expecting anything in return

Sometimes there are stormy moments in your life when your friends do more than just walk with you

It is generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles and design.

Many errors, of a truth, consist merely in the application of the wrong names of things.

I believe in the power of song. Under the spell of the right song, passion is within reach, love is close by, and you are not alone!

Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.

If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.

Cynics know the answers without having penetrated deeply enough to know the questions. When challenged by mysterious truths, they marshall 'facts.

Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.

When I do the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I always go across to Loch Ness and stay there.