Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful.

My dear young fellow,' the Old-Green-Grasshopper said gently, 'there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about yet.

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.

Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers.

The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.

I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt.

Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!

God promises neither good life nor good health but live your life the way it is planned by you and fate.

Joy doesn't ever leave, you know. It's always with you. And one day you'll find it again.

Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.

When you make a mistake, understand it not as a mistake but as a lesson. This however, is if and only if you have learned something from it.

The growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.

I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.

Beauty is perfect in its imperfections, so you just have to go with the imperfections.

FC Barcelona is the national team of Catalonia

Horses are 100% better that people. I love hanging out with my horse, chilling. They're so amazing and ethereal. I could hang with horses all day.

When I was much younger and still competing in gymnastics, I could rarely find inspiration outside of the sport.