I never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met a poor man who did not want to become a rich man.

Whatever is fine and permanent in human achievement has been realised through individuals courageously facing the circumstances of their being; and a society is civilised to the extent to which it makes this possible. Terrorism, which aims at putting out thespiritual light, is the antithesis of civilisation.

One of the stupidest theories of Western life.

I have had my television aerials removed. It is the moral equivalent of a prostate operation.

The monarchical institution in England is immensely valuable.

There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still more a people or a nation making such a claim. The pursuit of happiness is without any question the most fatuous which could possibly be undertaken. This lamentable phrase - the pursuit of happiness - is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.