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

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life!

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.