I only know that when I study mathematics, I transport myself to another world, a world of exquisite beauty and truth. And in that world I am the person I like to be.

Then she took up the bow and began to play. The tone was warm and deep, storied with layers of age.

Don’t just manage

I have a lot of confidence in my shot and I'm willing to shoot it no matter what.

If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man.

If you really want it, you need to really work for it.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Faith is the act of seeing beyond the religion of possibility of the senses, the mind and the intelligence.

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

I find brass bands have a melancholy sound. All right out of doors, of course - fifty miles away. Like bagpipes, they turn what had been a dream into a public nuisance.

Truth never lost ground by enquiry.