In loving his own productive, generative, generous love, God loves all those ways in which that love can be realised in creation.

A healthy human environment is one in which we try to make sense of our limits, of the accidents that can always befall us and the passage of time which inexorably changes us.

The past is what the present is doing now.

Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.

Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.

One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

How do we live in a way that shows an understanding that we genuinely live in a shared world, not one that simply belongs to us?

A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.

Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old.

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.

Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign.

You cannot see God until you notice people

[C]apitalism--democracy's sidekick

As much as I enjoy a fight, I cannot always indulge myself, and just now I had more weighty matters to occupy my time than spilling the blood of strange warriors.

Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word.

Mothers are great. They outlast everything. But when they're bad, they're the worst thing that can happen.

The biggest advice is being true to what you want to do. Don't worry if other people understand it or don't understand it. If what you're doing has merit, it will find its way.

Differences don’t just threaten and divide us. They also inform, enrich, and enliven us.

Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.

Paint like a pig eats.

Stop giving energy to the things you don't want.