We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

Forgiveness is something that we are often asked to grant and very few of us ever have the roadmap of how to get from the pain that we have experienced to being able to forgive someone.

I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.

The universe can take quite a while to deliver.

There are very few institutions that give prizes to people who may not have got to be number one, but are possibly better at coaxing the best out of others.

Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail.

There is no religion in fact that I know that encourages or propagates violence in that its adherents should carry out.