The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

Love surrounds, softens and tires violence and force.

By the way, the other reason I agreed to help you is because I love your eyes. You have the most beautiful eyes. It's my weakness.

I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet.

The goal of prayer is the ear of God.

I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887-1976) lived and painted.

Even a bad man is better than a good book.

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor.

Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy.

To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us all.

It is not enough to simply "do your best". You must strive for perfection.