It is much easier to write a good Times leading article than a good joke in Punch.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

I outwitted those that deliberately suppressed me not by retaliating, but by minding my own business, continuing the self-discovery journey and reinventing myself.

Nothing is wrong in taking medicine when you’re sick, but something is wrong if It is been taking by you to cure the headache of another.

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

I thought originally when I was in school and I wanted to be a poet, I knew that poets seemed to be miserable.

Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.

Decluttering tip: Ask yourself do I need this? How long has it been since I used this? Do I need so many?

If I had my life to live over I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

We've developed a very complex filing system for existence. We see things in terms of good or bad. We feel happiness, joy, pain, loss, guilt and remorse.

I was unhappy with the jobs I did after law. I got into the diplomatic service. There again I had really little to do.

Today's decisions are tomorrow's realities.