When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of them and to adhere nakedly to the imageless truth of God.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

Faith begins where religious pretension ends

Religion is more like a response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

One of the silliest of all discussions is the question whether God is personal-it would be more useful to inquire whether ice is frozen.

The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship.

A climate in which belief may flourish

The notion of God is the notion of richness without accident

Religion is more like response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

INFINITY is an illusion, we are just too lazy to count...

I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.

I look like a geeky hacker, but I don't know anything about computers.

When you name yourself, you always name another.

Like my father, I am very impatient. I have a strong bullshit detector. I may finish one book in twenty that I have started.

One's sanctions for truth and goodness are established largely by individual preferences.

I've always been interested in making movies.

Bring on the fruitcakes, we want a fruitcake for an unlovable seat.

When you see beauty anywhere, it's a reflection of yourself.

Nuclear arms is pretty scary because that could end the world. I'm more interested in that stuff than I am Bill Clinton. I mean, I think Bill Clinton is a good president.