Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

The present is never a happy state to any being

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.