I guess they're called moments because they don't last very long.

But Neve, you can’t start a book and leave it halfway through, ’ he’d said implacably. ‘It’s almost as bad as turning down the corner of the page, instead of using a bookmark.

What was a prisoner of war anyway? Less than a man, just material to be used to make the railway, like the teak sleepers and steel rails and dog spikes.

How "spiritual" you are has nothing to do with what you believe, but everything to do with your state of consciousness.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the greatest authority on matters of life is life itself.

I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception.

It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.

Before Allah nothing of our material existence impresses Allah. It is our righteousness and our uprightness alone that impresses God.

The young have all the same flaws adults do. Plus one: immaturity.

I do say I'm a specialist in divas. Name a diva - I've worked with 'em.

Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God.

We often find comfort in telling what is painful in actual experience.