There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

A Motswana in Zambia or Zimbabwe was referred to as gwerekwere and so was a Zimbabwean or Zambian in Botswana. Post-colonialism tragedy.

Let’s make plans,” I ventured. And Sofia smiled and said, “No, let’s leave it to chance.

A dog has no shame. If he can do it, you can watch.

Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)

I practice Buddhist philosophy and contemplation but I don't know if I'm more of anything.

The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by 2 million.

I enjoy the oohs! and aahs! from the gallery when I hit my drives. But I'm getting pretty tired of the awws! and uhhs! when I miss the putt.

Mr. Darcy was in Pride and Prejudice and at first he was all snooty and huffy; then he fell in a lake and came out with his shirt all wet. And then we all loved him. In a swoony way.

There's always a lot of pressure with big projects and so as a writer you have to be robust and flexible, with a tough hide.

I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.