The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

I have been listening to sport and watching sport on the BBC since I was a tiny boy.

The contrast between the 1970's and today is very marked.

Between thinking and seeing, there is a place called knowing.

This is not my life. These are not my cobwebs. This is not the darkness I was designed for.

The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now.

So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural.

To reinvent your own country you need a great audacity of hope.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

I guess they call it suicide, but I'm to full to swallow my pride I can't stand losing you The Police Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well.

I know what I like—I like art—and I like what I know.