"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

“people run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water.”

“Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention." This paying-attention gives meaning to my life. I don't know who it was, but someone said that careful attention paid to anything is a window into the universe. Pausing to think this way, even for a brief moment, is very important. It gives quality to my day.”

“Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.”

Source : Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.3149, Delphi Classics

“For the first time in my life I feel truly free, truly strong and comfortable with who I am and what I stand for. The future feels like an exciting adventure and I am a daring explorer...who knows what I'll discover? But I know it's going to be fun!”

“The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.”

“I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“"Consider the matter dispassionately, Mr. Foster, and you will see that no offence is so heinous as unorthodoxy of behaviour. Murder kills only the individual- and after all, wha is an individual? ". . . ." We can make a new one with the greatest of ease- as many as we like. Unorthodoxy threatens more than the life of a mere individual; it strikes at Society itself."”

“I think about my work every minute of the day.”

Source : Interview with Klaus Ottmann, www.jca-online.com. October 1986.