It is a mark of wisdom not to kick away the very step from which we have risen higher. The removal of one step from a staircase brings down the whole of it.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

There are moments when we all step away from the light...

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success

Dare to deliver what’s in your heart.

There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.

There are some things you can't learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.

A good education is a stepping-stone to wealth.

I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone.

You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the South Pacific Forum.

What I always try to do is make the political personal.