The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.

No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover.

That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.

When we celebrate Christmas, we are celebrating that amazing time when the Word that shouted all the galaxies into being limited all power and, for love of us, came to us in the powerless body of a human baby.

Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the Darkness disappeared. The light spread until the patch of Dark Thing had vanished, and there was only a gentle shining, and through the shining came the stars, clear and pure.

Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity?