I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things to the extent permitted to human reason by God.

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry an inquiry I trust not merely speculative but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.

In the mean time I worship God laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect and I loathe the wicked without doing them any injury.

As I pass it I feel as if I saw a dear old mother sweet in her weakness trembling at the approach of her dissolution but not appealing to me against the inevitable rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience and pointing to a hopeful future.

Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of the process.

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it difficult that the arts is a weapon of happiness... Politics is often about deprivation rather than the opening up of ideas and nourishing creative endeavour.

Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour not just writing.

Any film or to me any creative endeavour no matter who you're working with is in many cases a wonderful experience.

All the business of war and indeed all the business of life is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.