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.

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.

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.

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.

Do not worry about winning or losing

I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism.

On day I noticed that something happened that looked like a dramatization of the inner script of my psyche.

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

I'm not the greatest long-distance shooter, I know that. But I know if I can get around that free-throw line area, a lot of times you've just got to hope I miss.

Are we at some kind of evolutionary equipoise as a species? Or, are we destined to become something different - something, perhaps, even better adapted to the environment?

To finish first, you must first finish.

I always expect unexpected challenges.

What wouldst thou do, old man? Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak When power to flattery bows?