The fact is that Harold Wilson is a person no one can like, a person without friends.

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect

Inheritance Tax; - it is, broadly speaking; a voluntary levy paid by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the Inland Revenue

The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.

There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive

Many of the early nationalisation measures were right. They have remained part of the social fabric. I favour measures of that type.

Each successive Labour Government has been the most rapacious, doctrinaire and unpatriotic conspiracy to be seen this side of the Iron Curtain.

We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected

A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income

I wanted to give you advice. Adults are always doing that

Thinking of it, and doing it… they're not the same.

Bed is the poor man's opera.

Children are the true believers, and some of us are lucky enough to make the transition to adulthoood without ever losing the ability to see through young eyes.

God is always better than he has to be. You can count on that.

The world becomes more rewarding when you let yourself look beyond what you're searching for.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.

I've found the best thing to do is to really be loving, kind, forgiving and compassionate with yourself. There are some wonderful practices for that which I talk about in Love For No Reason.

In every artistic activity a new world is created, the cosmos, a world enlightened and free.