The lesson that has been hardest for me to learn: there is nothing to prove.

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

What we do comes out of who we believe we are.

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

That breath that you just took, that's a gift!

You are a drop of perfect in an imperfect world. and all I need, is a taste

A man should be more original than a bouquet of roses and a box of chocolates. Flowers die and sugar sticks to your hips like a permanent record to a criminal.

Theirs was a tug-of-war and neither could let go. Both felt the burn and still wouldn't let go. Some might call it a game for neither could admit defeat.

Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.

When people say “clean as a whistle”, they forget that a whistle is full of spit.

If you put all the European countries together, we are the biggest economy in the world.

I got sunburnt which is obviously a drag for me because in theory the sun is supposed to kill me.

The only inequalities that matter begin in the mind. It is not income levels but differences in mental equipment that keep people apart, breed feelings of inferiority.

When you get up in the morning and know you're doing something you love, feel fit and look after yourself, it's just a great thing to do.

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.