Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.

If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and the bitter herbs of slavery.

That this occurred at the launch of the report into the Labour Party's recent troubles with antisemitism shows how deep the sickness is in parts of left of British politics today.

We have no idea where the world is going, except that it's going there very fast.

Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.