That Britain today is a liberal society is largely because of the philosophy and outlook of the Anglican Church, which did so much to shape our core values in the past few centuries.

I think that good parenting should allow children to be children. That naivety and slightly open way of looking at the world is very valuable.

By discovering how our minds work, we can improve our learning power and unlock our true potential.

I don't like seeing myself on television and I don't enjoy filming. What I actually enjoy is thinking about how I am going to express something or how we are going to make the visual metaphor.

It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress.

Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people.

I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet another one of his claims to get repeated publicity.

Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without relying on religion.

Parents should talk to their children, even when they are babies and can't talk back.

A young woman in her teens has about 300,000 eggs in her ovaries. By the time she is menopausal, none are left.

My first vote was for a communist in east London when I was a medical student. But I've voted Tory, Labour and Lib Dem in my time.

A terrible independence opens the door to destructive power of sin

I love thee, I love but theeWith a love that shall not dieTill the sun grows cold, And the stars grow old

Paris, true to its promise, had been a place of civilized indecencies, or uncivil decencies.

Ideas are the greatest and most crucially practical power on earth.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

I have a terrible attention span, so if something can keep my attention, I know that that's at least a great start.

But, is it possible for princes and ministers to be enlightened, when private individuals are not so?

I always try to sleep for at least eight hours a night and, of course, water, water, water!

Earlier we used to play with snakes, but now we play with mouse. Through IT, India's youth has surprised the entire World!

The loss of innocent life is a tragedy for anyone involved in it, but the numbers are really very low.