But then what does it matter whence comes the gentle nudge that jars the soul into motion and sets it rolling, doomed never again to stop?

Human thought, flying on the trapezes of the star-filled universe, with mathematics stretched beneath, was like an acrobat working with a net but suddenly noticing that in reality there is no net.

Don’t live your life in the future without any planned rewards for your effort and sacrifices today.

You think you're alone until you realize you're in it.Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit.

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

The next way home's the farthest way about.

Good music resembles something. It resembles the composer.

I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.

Whatever we make the most of is our God.

Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can't do any of them well - and I like to do everything perfectly.