I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

Our passions are like convulsion fits which though they make us stronger for a time leave us the weaker ever after.

A mountain is broken even by a thunderbolt: is the thunderbolt therefore as big as the mountain? No he whose power prevails is really mighty, what is there in bulk?

Death like birth is a secret of Nature.

Forethought we may have undoubtedly but not foresight.

If I had to choose a religion the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough I only started to get to know her after John's death.

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question, you're already an animal.

An index is a great leveller.

In writing and politicking it's best not to think about it just do it.

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