"On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level."

"Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate."

"Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day."

"The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue."

"A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around."

"I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!"

"My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one."