How easy it is for us to demonise from a distance. But when we stand face to face with our supposed enemy, it is hard to hate.

…the weapon he used to transform the world was love.

The moment we begin to believe we have got something about God figured out with certainty is the moment we can be sure we are no longer speaking about God.

Wonder is the antidote to religion.

…Jesus spent more time eating, drinking and lounging with 'tax collectors and sinners' than explaining the Roman Roadmap to Heaven or undermining their belief system.

What are we to do when we seem to grow out of God? Or at least the understanding of God that we grew up with?

Allowing myself to wander off into the vast jungles of religion and spirituality has often led to me stumbling upon life altering new ways of thinking, living, and being.

But it's only when we allow ourselves to get lost that we can have the opportunity to find and be found.

…those who are the most confident are often those who don't have any fun.

If they're not willing to explore beyond the realm of their safety, certainty, and comfort, they will never know if their fantasies are true.

…for exploring beyond the boundaries that I had been taught to stay within.

Your heart is a conduit through which the spirit speaks to the mind.

Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was

Three years ago, the white hope of the theatre. Today, a mug. That's New York for you. Puts you on a Christmas tree, and then - the alley.

I don't believe we own our children, they're their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them.

It's not easy to writing thank-you notes for the stuff you didn't want in the first place.

Yet everyone begins in the same place; how is it that most go along without difficulty but a few lose their way?

The good news is that Jesus is praying for us. The bad news is that we are going to need it!

Each book starts from ashes.

Rapport is the ability to enter someone else's world, to make him feel that you understand him, that you have a strong common bond.

It feels almost soft, like something to be caressed. Only gold feels that way.