We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.

History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street?

Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Don’t waste your time with people you know are only out to use you!

It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.

The mistake we make, is when we seek to be beloved, instead of loving.

God doesn't want all of us to relinquish all of our material possessions.

If I did any movies I'd have to take a break from singing, because I'd want it to be really good.

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.

Meditation is evolution's strategy to bring out our full potential.