Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.

Tolerance cannot afford to have anything to do with the fallacy that evil may convert itself to good.

The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by inaction

The world has become too full of many things, an over furnished room.

You will, if you're wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown and accept whatever comes in the spirit in which the gods may offer it.

This is one of the charms of the desert, that removing as it does nearly all the accessories of life, we see the thin thread of necessities on which our human existence is suspended.

The art of advertising - untruthfulness combined with repetition.

The true fruit of travel is perhaps the feeling of being nearly everywhere at home.

Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.

There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because the subjects never look happy to be there.

One of the things that Christmas reminds us is that Jesus Christ was once a child.

I warn you, the trip will not be easy. Once you choose to walk in the light, your path will lead you places you do not want to go.

When I look in the glass I see that every line in my face means pessimism but in spite of my face - that is my experience - I remain an optimist.

Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.

He's as cool as a prized marrow!

The artist has only to trust his eyes.

The challenge of the retail business is the human condition.

I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.

There is some talk of lowering (the income tax), and they will have to. People are not making enough to pay it.