I dont believe in good human beings, but I believe you can have structures that make it easier to make the right choice or the wrong choice.

As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.

Jesus calls us to a holiness that is positive, generous and openhearted. It's a difficult, daring challenge - do we accept it?

Put not your trust in new leaders, better systems, new organisations or regulatory reorganisation. They may well be good and necessary, but will to some degree fail.

Human fallibility recognised, Gods sovereignty trusted; these are also the only stable foundations for human beings in society.

Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I dont know any bank that dismisses the concept of ethical banking.

The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.

There's something different about looking someone in the eyes and doing something dishonest to doing it over the phone or screen.

I am not particularly well-behaved.

A lot of people reject the idea of God as Father if theyve had a competitive relationship with their own father.

Turning God into some kind of celestial insurance policy is just mental.

Yes, but" is actually a "no" with a tie.

I am light and stardust in his hands.

A record deal doesn't make you an artist

Words are seeds. They grow with time. Wisdom is to plant in your mind words that you desire to harvest.

When you hunt wisely, there is no need to run afterwards.

To be brave one short instant is no easy matter it is easier to die for a cause than to live for it.

I don't know who described Mahathir [bin Mohamad] as a pillar of the Commonwealth, but they don't know what they're talking about.

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously.

I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.

Some few there must be in every age and every land of whom life claims nothing very insistently save that they write perfectly of beautiful happenings.