The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normal….

Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?.

In a small cathedral town where changes are few, there are always people who remember who used to live in a particular house, what happened to them t….

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue..

Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate….

The exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom..

There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing..

And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history..

If I had a child who wanted to be a teacher, I would bid him Godspeed as if he were going to war. For indeed the war against prejudice, greed, and ig….

You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it..

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much..

What a host of little incidents, all deep-buried in the past -- problems that had once been urgent, arguments that had once been keen, anecdotes that….

The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is..

if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without.

I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from co….

This storm you talk of . . .t will be such a one, my son, as the world has not seen before. There will be no safety by arms, no help from authority, ….

Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you're certain it's the wrong road and you tell them, but they won't listen, so you just have to ….

When you are getting on in years (but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem to pass like lazy cattle moving across a ….

If you forgive people enough you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not squatter's rights of the heart..

There are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen..

People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little..