My China Diary and Walking With Lions, were memoirs of his diplomatic and political experiences. The
I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is 'In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.'
Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.
Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do.
Ignorance is the greatest slave master in the universe.
Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.
Four minutes of eye contact brings people closer to each other better than everything else.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only p...
There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His...
I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists.