"Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say."

"The foundation of joy is a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"It is a humble truth that every scar carries the quiet memory of a battle faced and survived."

"It is a unyielding truth that to speak the truth in a season of deceit is an act of supreme bravery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride."

"I think 'Tattoo''s a song that can go so many different ways. Some people think of it as a break-up song, but, for me, it's about somebody who comes into your life and really touches you - be they a friend, a family member or someone you're in a relationship with."

"It is a humble truth that he who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world."

"Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference."