The Gospel must constantly be forwarded to a new address, because the recipient is repeatedly changing his place of residence.

When the drama of history is over, Jesus Christ will stand alone on the stage. All the great figures of history ... will realize that they have been but actors in a drama produced by another.

The Christian stands, not under the dictatorship of a legalistic 'you ought,' but in the magnetic field of Christian Freedom, under the empowering of the 'You may.'

A church is in a bad way when it banishes laughter from the sanctuary and leaves it to the cabaret, the nightclub and the toastmasters.

Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellowmen and I will tell you how much you have loved them.

The doubters are always more blessed than the mere fellow travelers in faith. For they are the only ones who fully learn that their Lord is stronger than any doubt and any hell of despair.

What is the greatest deficiency among human Chrsitians? They have an inadequate view of human suffering.

A theological thought can breathe only in the atmosphere of dialogue with God.

Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellow man and I will tell you how much you have loved them.

Man is not valuable because he loves God. Man is valuable because God loves him.

It is not the amount of money or natural resources a nation has that determines how civilized it would be.

Everyone without exception is searching for happiness.

I've always tried to avoid politics because most politicians that I know are quite dirty in terms of human dignity, ethics and morals.

The corsets I wore in The Railway Children are still in my undies drawer, a prized relic of my favourite film

When people come up to me and say 'oh, your singing made me cry', it's nice to realise that you're making other people happy, but I don't know how I do it. I just sing.

Novelists tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie.

I bold it impossible, that the great monarchies of Europe can subsist much longer; they all affect magnificence and splendor.

They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.

I like cosy, intimate houses.

Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean.