For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.

Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

I am not now That which I have been.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

Give up trying to make me give up

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Nothing is black or white.