over 85% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Develop your skill around your calling

You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson. But sometimes it's difficult to get it!

If state, party and social policy will not be based on morality, then mankind has no future to speak of.

In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me.

I don't really need a lot of help from a director.

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits

I do have certain feelings. My feeling is that whoever is in charge, I want him out.

A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.

Where there is a will there is a way.

Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can.