A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence.
I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked.
We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.
Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.
Today, we have got more excuses from the government.
I think there is no doubt that the advent of 247 news channels, which are voracious in their demand for constant new content, has accelerated the political process. The rise of social media, in addition to talkback, I think has intensified the political process.
No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
To those who have not yet learned the secret of true happiness, begin now to study the little things in your own door yard.
Narcissism and Christianity have little in common, yet the Romantic paradigm of artistic creativity, particularly in light of subsequent Freudian ideas, has tended to foster its share of narcissism. It was the tragic fate of Narcissus that he was so preoccupied with self that he could not appreciate God, nature, or the other.
I really put the fear of God into my son, because children are such sponges. The earlier you teach them the law of the land, the easier they'll accept it as an adult. I think parents who shelter their children are making a huge mistake. Kids are really pretty amazing. They can handle a lot. It's just us parents. We think we need to protect them, and then when the real world comes in, they're shattered. So I think I did the right thing in my parenting.
It's better to think of life as a proper journey with a beginning and an end. Maybe, I can settle for being immortalised on screen.