Without centuries of Christian antisemitism, Hitlers passionate hatred would never have been so fervently echoed.

In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.

The New Testament never simply says, "Remember Jesus Christ." That is a half-finished sentence. It says, "Remember Jesus Christ is risen from the dead."

Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another.

Royalty puts a human face on the operations of government.

I sometimes think that Thomas Cook should be numbered among the secular saints. He took travel from the privileged and gave it to the people.

We live in a world in which the worst looks as if it is going to happen and the worst often does happen, and yet out of the anguish and waste, love and trust come in new forms.

If our faith delivers us from worry, then worry is an insult flung in the face of God.

Anger has great strength, but no brains. Greed has a great appetite, but no heart.Pride has a great spirit, but no soul.

But there is no value to suffering!

I have my own spiritual guru, and I'm so happy, and I feel so satisfied that I might appreciate many other famous gurus, but, you know, I am not attracted that way because I have found the person.

Investing in health will produce enormous benefits.

Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured.

I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig.

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.

I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.