"To hit bottom is to fall from grace."

“I alwyas want to try and create new looks and new things, but equally scary, hopefully. But a new kind of style.”

“The political restructuring we pursue in China is aimed at advancing the self-improvement and development of the socialist political system. We will continue to expand people's democracy and build a socialist country under the rule of law in keeping with China's national conditions.”

“The collector attempts always to acquire the best, and his knowledge of what is best is always widening. His is the task of judging between degrees of perfection.”

“We will not let governments off the hook. We will look to civil society to help us, to pin governments, to what they have committed to here. And we will report on it.”

“Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.”

“Listen to your heart and not your ego. Your ego prompts you to boast of vain assertions to obtain the glory of this world. Turn away from vanity and seek Him in the recesses of your heart and soul”

“Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.”

Source : "Ian McKellen: 'I couldn't be a dad, I'm too selfish'". Mirror.co.uk Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. April 11, 2010.

“Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will.”