Those were times when brave men who knew and loved their profession couldn't be overlooked.

After a sharp inward struggle, he concluded to stay and see it out. He should despise himself, more than he cared to face, if he gave in now.

Anyone who takes a decided line in certain matters, is sure to lead all the rest.

This work of making trade righteous, of Christianizing trade, looks like the very hardest the Gospel has ever had to take in hand—in England at any rate.

Grey hoped the Church would yet be able to save England from the fate of Tyre or Carthage, the great trading nations

Most people think it's normal to have a nameless sorrow at the bottom of your soul.

I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.

Acceptance is a small quiet room.

Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found.

The driver of the power of intelligent systems is the knowledge the systems have about their universe of discourse, not the sophistication of the reasoning process the systems employ.

I don't think music is an art any more than cooking food is an art.

Fail to plan, plan to fail.

To love is to burn, to be on fire.

I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.

I thought of several alec smart remarks, but you should humor crazy people when you're at their mercy; it's a rule.