True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them.

We have to choices in this world; we either try to survive or to give up.

We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviours, beliefs, rituals.

I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.

What’s the good of being true to your religion on the outside, if you don’t change what’s on the inside,were it really counts ?

Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.

True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them.