Us ballplayers do things backward. First we play, then we retire and go to work.

No, thanks, " said Harry. "The toilet's never had anything as horrible as your head down it— it might be sick." Then he ran, before Dudley could work out what he'd said.

The teacher works in accordance with the prospects of his students and the possibility of maintaining the community of Sufis.

Perfection is out of the question.

Fans of football and fans of nationhood have a similar zeal. Read the fanzines: their contributors could find a needle-sized diss in a haystack of compliments, and their passions are fundamentalist.

One year of love is better than a lifetime alone.

Ugliness corrupts not only the eyes, but also the heart and mind.

Good listening is always the first step in the process that creates technique and capability

We all have to die, and I preferred to have just one death. It seems to me that to suffer insult without response is to die many deaths.

Enough to know no knowing.

To grow, change, love, adapt, experience. We have to be open minded. This is the life and that's the way it should be lived.