If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here-our love will go on for generations.

I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven.

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.

In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.

The pressure to succeed has a lot to do with why people overstep the line. It is a peculiar weakness of western culture where we have made a fetish of success.

You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.

You have to understand that the Bible is really a library of books and it has different categories of material. There are certain parts which you have to say no to. The Bible accepted slavery. St Paul said women should not speak in church at all and there are people who have used that to say women should not be ordained. There are many things that you shouldn't accept.