87 Quotes by James Hilton

You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.

There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing.

If I had a child who wanted to be a teacher, I would bid him Godspeed as if he were going to war. For indeed the war against prejudice, greed, and ignorance is eternal, and those who dedicate themselves to it give their lives no less because they may live to see some fraction of the battle won.

if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without

Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?

I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from coast to coast, good food and drink, a few friends, dogs, the theatre, long walks, music and free conversation.

Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.

The right mixture of caring and not caring – I suppose that’s what love is.

What most observers failed to perceive in him was something quite bafflingly simple – a love of quietness, contemplation, and being alone.