I am not an atheist preacher. I am not an absolutist or chauvinist whose ways are immune to evolution. My core philosophy is that I might be wrong.

The old law of an eye for an eye didn’t make them blind to the fact that another man’s terrorist wasn’t their freedom fighter.

She taught me what's important, and what isn't. And I've never forgotten. And that's what mothers do, I say.

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent.

Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.

Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy.

I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive.

Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.

God in his omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom He knew not how to give more, in His riches He had not more to give, than the Eucharist.

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.

There are a million examples of not feeling the jazz, but using the jazz.