The evidence shows that religious people - defined by regular attendance at a place of worship - actually do make better neighbours.

Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.

No great achiever - even those who made it seem easy - ever succeeded without hard work.

When money rules, we remember the price of things and forget the value of things, and that is dangerous.

I believe faith is not certainty but the courage to live with uncertainty.

Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.

The supreme religious challenge is to see God’s image in one who is not in our image.

In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel.

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.

Everything in life is somewhere else and you get there through open heart.

A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey.

A life of prayer is a praise of being.

You learn a lot by reading and even more by sharing.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.

'Have fun' is my message. Be silly. You're allowed to be silly. There's nothing wrong with it.

It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see, That though the English are effete They're quite impervious to heat.

May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home.

I looked up and saw the shape of a heart made by the silhouette of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon kissing.