The breath of the mind is attention.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

No one does anything uncharacteristic of who they are.

The tears creat havoc which stays on the eyelid .

We must stop concentrating on our differences and focus on what we have in common. Then we can realize our full potential and achieve the greatest good in the world.

I'm still alive, and I don't lose sleep because I have done what I feel I needed to do, it was the right thing to do and I am not going to be afraid.

The Service without Hope Is tenderest, I think-- ... There is no Diligence like that That knows not an Until

I was brought up with a lot of love in my family, and I've always been supported. My family has always protected me in a sort of manic way.

I’m sorry for everything.” Then he turns and pushes back into the woods, and he’s gone.

Look around and you will see this world is full of creeps like me.

We need to make it safe to cycle across London. Why not pedestrianise parts of London like Oxford Street and Parliament Square? I intend to plant 200 million trees across London in my term as mayor.

Peace and rest at length have come, All the day's long toil is past; And each heart is whispering, "Home, Home at last!"