I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do.

... life is short and the world is wide

Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.

...dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.

Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948.

Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books.

Art for art's sake, money for God's sake.

Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.

Christ asked for everything he got.

... to travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.

To be successful in coaching you have to treat your team like a family. The leader needs backing from everyone.

Technology allows us to do many things, but it is always important to combine it with traditional handcrafts and, in fact, use technology to replicate dying arts so that they are not lost.

I've just been to the Taj Mahal which I'd never been to and I'm not a very romantic kind of guy but it is the most romantic thing I've ever seen.

That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."

In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.

Jesus called His followers to be a lot of things, but I have yet to find where He warned us to be safe.

Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

God has forgiven you; you'd be wise to do the same

All successful people learn that success is buried on the other side of frustration.