We burn out not because we don't care but because we don't grieve. We burn out because we have allowed our hearts to become so filled with loss that we have no room left to care.

Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.

If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.

Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.

Belief traps or frees us.

Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.

Medicine is as close to love as it is to science, and its relationships matter even at the edge of life itself.

Inner peace is more a question of cultivating perspective, meaning, and wisdom even as life touches you with its pain.

In this world the weak are the victims of the strong.

While I enjoy spending time in L.A., Britain is my home.

I think the great thing about theatre, and if you start in theatre, is that it does build a confidence in poetic themes and ideas.

My mother always called me 'sturdy' and said I have big bones. A little fat is what I am.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

It's not going to be a straight upward progression, but there's no doubt that consciousness is growing. Prejudices die regularly in the Western world. We don't burn witches anymore.

Being rich ain't what it's cracked up to be. It's just worry and worry, and sweat and sweat, and a-wishing you was dead all the time.

I'm here with Howard Millar and Michael Cawley, our two deputy chief executives. But they're presently making love in the gentleman's toilets, such is their excitement at today's results.

The Cuban people have an amazingly strong and unbroken spirit.