To me, "sexual freedom" means freedom from having to have sex.
The English experience suggested that nobody really doubted the existence of God until theologians tried to prove it.
The hallmark of intelligence is not whether one believes in God or not, but the quality of the processes that underlie one’s beliefs.
The idea of ‘calling' was fundamentally redefined: no longer was it about being called to serve God by leaving the world; it was now about serving God in the world
Puzzles lead to logical answers; mysteries often force us to stretch language to its limits in an attempt to describe a reality that is just too great to take in properly.
If there is no ultimate reality, it's pointless to think about how we might get there.
The idea that Christianity is basically a religion of moral improvement. . . has its roots in the liberal Protestantism of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. . . It is this stereotype which continues to have influence today. . . But then came the First World War. . . What had gone wrong was that the idea of sin had been abandoned by liberal Christianity as some kind of unnecessary hangover from an earlier and less enlightened period in Christian history.
Sometimes I dream song ideas. I write a song in my dream, the melody and everything. But then sometimes I can't remember them. I think later on, I probably do.
The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.
I think everybody you know, we all have a sense of humor and I'm not one to take myself too seriously.
I really think that parenthood cracks you open, which sounds so vague, but it is a different type of vulnerability. That's the bottom line. There isn't a second that I'm with my daughter that I don't appreciate every moment we have. All you want to do is protect her and create the best bubble possible for her to view the world.