How shall I sum up my life? I think I've been particularly lucky. Does that have something to do with faith also? I know my mother always used to say, 'Good things aren't supposed to just fall in your lap. God is very generous, but he expects you to do your part first.' So you have to make that effort. But at the end of a bad time or a huge effort, I've always had - how shall I say it? - the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.

Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there's nothing more to live for.

When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.

Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.

Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit.