My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.

People perish. Books are immortal.

Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting appeal. The spirit of the game is its own referee.

Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty.

The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

You can't make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past.

Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.

Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.

Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction.

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.

I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

Ask yourself every day: Is my love alive, true, generous, and open? How can I bring love into action?

Be it a village or a city, education is very important, and it always comes into you.

…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.

Grief is the price we pay for being close to one another. If we want to avoid our grief, we simply avoid each other.

When the desirable jobs are spending other people's money, reporting on spending other people's money and lobbying to spend other people's money then you know that the society is f***ed.

We must endure our thoughts all night, until the bright obvious stands motionless in the cold.