The church has no power over our lives any more, which is something of a blessing for those who do not enjoy red-hot pokers or iron thumb-screws.

You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.

The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books

Nothing in this world is at it seems. Except, possibly, porridge.

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.

Don't waste time. Don't let a minute pass doing nothing or doing something that is not as per your wish. Grab hold of each minute and do what you want to do.

You become a man not when you reach a certain age, but when you reach a certain state of mind.

Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.

My life has a mysterious purpose that I don't understand, and day by day, conflict by conflict, I learn by going where I have to go.

The sun shines on all and all alike, It's not surprising that we feel good when we immerse ourselves in nature.

I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.

When you come to think about it, nothing has any meaning, for when there was nobody to think, there was nobody to interpret what happened.

And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing.

For the average American, the message is clear. Liberalism is no longer the answer. It is the problem.