It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.

Most human beings are quite likable if you don't see too much of them.

We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing.

We cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it.

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans.

No man is uninteresting when his hat is blown off and he has to scuttle after it down the street.

Chekhov will seek out the key situation in the life of a cabman or a charwoman, and make them glow for a brief moment in the tender light of his sympathy.

There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.

A boy in love is not mainly a calf but a poet.

Mystery lies over the sea. Every ship is bound for Thule.

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Listen to the tree; it tells you where it wants to go!

Self is a construct, a feeling, an identity that is internal and can neither be given nor taken away by others. We develop and nurture that identity by embracing inter-dependence.

All have not the same capacity. I would allow a man of intellect to earn more, I would not cramp his talent.

Theory now: concern for truth must not hobble our discussion.

I will embrace today's difficult tasks, take off my coat, and make dust in the world.

Nothing you can't spell will ever work.

I don't like the masculine style, jeans. I like issey miyake... and black dresses.