Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

All along we find that social life - religion politics art - reflects the stages reached in the development of the knowledge of self it shows the social uses made of this knowledge.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been and beyond it.

I've always wanted to be a spy and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me.

It's part of a writer's profession as it's part of a spy's profession to prey on the community to which he's attached to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely.

So I wanted to sing inspirational music and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.

Memories imagination old sentiments and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.

Inventions have long since reached their limit and I see no hope for further development.

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona and I hope that more opportunities become available.

I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background.

Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music it's always had a lot of positivity.

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

I think the British people are very very attached to the idea that the health service is free at the point of use. But there is no reason why every doctor nurse and teacher in this country has to be employed by the state.

If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself. That's why I believe there should be a psychiatrist at every health club so that when they see you doing this they will take you away for a little chat.

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy then you are denying the happiness of the here and now.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but while their companions slept they were toiling upward in the night.

More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him through them you will realise Him.

If you can find the line between sympathetic and creepy you have reached a very funny area.

I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached which gives me a freedom I never had before.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

Food prices are often kept artificially high. The result is that the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations at the start of the new millennium are not being reached. Fine words have not yet been turned into deeds.