All those minds that are interested in finding out the truth communicate with each other across the distances of space and time. I, too, was taking part in the effort which humanity makes to know.

I was too much of an extremist to be able to live under the eye of God and at the same time say both yes and no to life

It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.

If I were to share Jaques' existence I would find it hard to hold my own against him, for already I found his nihilism contagious.

The facts of religion were convincing only to those who were already convinced.

I was convinced that I would be, that I was already, one in a million.

I had to call the past to life, and illuminate every corner of the five continents, descend to the centre of the earth and make the circuit of the moon and stars

Why shouldn't a mystical theology be possible? 'I want to touch God or become God, ' I declared in my journal. All through that year I abandoned myself intermittently to these deliriums.

All the reasons you fell in love are still there, but perhaps buried under worries and responsibility. Find them again, then hang in there. Truly, the best is yet to come.

Convictions are the mainsprings of action the driving powers of life. What a man lives are his convictions.

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough.

When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go where we've already been. If process drives the outcome we may not know where we're going, but we will know we want to be there.

That's right I never hold my tongue for saving face Even the mic feedback will humm "Amazing Grace"

It may come as a surprise to some academics, but there is a marked relationship between economic power and political power.

People pull away from something if it's not of good taste. People lean into something if it's okay.

There used to be one writer rather than a team of writers. It's the old line about a camel being a horse designed by committee.

Giving offers us the opportunity to reshape our destiny. When you give, you are reshaping your destiny.