There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

The strikebreaker is the hero of American industry.

This sweetest and best of all creatures, faultless in spite of all her faults.

I'm just a weapon of the god.

We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.

But I live very simply. I farm - there is something visceral about being attached to the land. I am a recording engineer. I do my own laundry most days and I get on with the business of living.

If you listen to [Donald] Trump, he's going to make sure we get our jobs back from Mexico, and jobs back from China. Now, he's mentioned Vietnam, we're going to get the jobs back from Vietnam.

The skills you acquire can always be effectively redeployed. You will look back on setbacks and be grateful for the catalyst that came not a moment too soon.

I'm not convinced that Jesus only lives in Christians.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.