"A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and sleep."

“I am always nearest to myself," says the Latin proverb.”

“I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.”

Source : "A Hero for Our Time". Book by Ralph G Martin, 1983.

“Soon the sun beams will smile through. Before you jump out of that bed, just know, the thought of you was the first thing that hit my head. Good morning my darling.”

“I try not to handle the foreign subjects with my English techniques and preconceptions, but to paint Sydney in Sydney and Tangier in Tangier.”

“Clever, witty and absorbing, Amortality is a much-needed anatomy of our profound malaise about ageing. Its charms will never fade.”

“The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”

Source : Harvard Commencement remarks, news.harvard.edu. May 26, 2011.

“Quality without science and research is absurd. You can't make inferences that something works when you have 60 percent missing data.”

“Know that once we have received Jesus, we can't continue to live our old sinful lifestyle. Now that we have His Holy Spirit living in us, guiding us, and transforming us, we have no excuse.”