This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable.

Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity.

The question shouldn't be what we ought to do, but what we can do.

I had been walking one afternoon in Scotland and thought: Why don't I just keep going? There was, I said, a magic in leaving a line of footprints stretching across Asia.

I have never met a villager who does not want a vote.

The world isnt one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority.

Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.

If democracy is to be rebuilt … it is necessary not just for the public to learn to trust their politicians, but for the politicians to learn to trust the public.

Religions . . . seem to avoid mountain passes.

I had a lot of romantic notions about what it would mean to cross Asia by foot.

In some sense, I'm a romantic. I like the idea of organic history and tradition.

Good writing is good writing, whatever form it takes and whatever we call it.

Not feeling is no replacement for reality. Your problems today are still your problems tomorrow

The Rose which here on earth is now perceived by me, has blossomed thus in god from all eternity.

Working full-time should mean enough to support a family.

I take conscious breaks for myself 'cause I like to rejuvenate and get my creative juices flowing. I also like to take my time with my creativity; I think it's important.

There's no war that will end all wars.

Traders focus almost entirely on where to enter a trade. In reality, the entry size is often more important than the entry price

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?

If I had any choice in the matter, I'd stay in my comfy bed and eat warm chocolate chip cookies all day.

... even if the right to vote brought to women no better work, no better pay, no better conditions in any way, she should have itfor her own self-respect and to compel man's respect for her.