To die is nothing. One is here, one is no longer here. It is only at the end one must be able to say 'I was a man'.

You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it.

When I die, remember that what you knew of me is with you always. What is buried is only the shell of what was. Do not regret the shell, but remember the man. Remember the father.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.

There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.

The fool has said in his heart: pass me another Everlasting God-Stopper, please.

I have no hesitation in putting a name to the embodiment of all that I think is best about football. It's Paul Scholes. In so many ways Scholes is my favourite.

Reality gets created through acts of observation

The day when efficacy would prevail over truth will never come for the Church, for then the gates of hell would have prevailed against her.

A slave has not the freedom even to do the right thing.

We need a better strategy for poor people...because what we're doing isn't working.

But which was the real me? Let me be perfectly honest: I was a man of many faces. (p.33)

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.

Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.