John Ruskin

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.