I think that the best companies are companies that have a real purpose.

The politics of Europe is unimaginative and bureaucratic.

At heart, Pearson is in the intellectual property business, be it through publishing books or the Financial Times.

It takes a long time to build democracy, to build freedom.

Whoever count his blessings, shall be content.

Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.

You cannot build an empire hands folded.

When there is no longer a cyclone, there is no longer an eye. So the storms, crises and sufferings of life are a way of finding the eye.

I'm not a fan of chrome wheels. I sort of like brushed, brushed steel, more European style.

Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return

Beauty comes from tenderness.

The Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It threw itself open to risk.

Real love is fighting like hell to hold on to every moment you have with her. It’s making a life together and making it work no matter what happens.

I stay in one room, and it's easier to live there, to control it, to make it warm. It seems to me a convenient way to live, and it's cheap.