I think we need to recover the depth, the subtlety, the generosity of imagination, the respect for wisdom that so marked Islam in its great ages.
It is frightening how dependent on drugs we are all becoming and how easy it is for doctors to prescribe them as the universal panacea for our ills.
I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet.
We don’t, in a sensible world, want to hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world to our grandchildren.
Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth.
All the time I feel I must justify my existence.
I learned the way a monkey learns – by watching its parents.
Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.
To get the best results you must talk to your vegetables.
One of the main reasons for the conflict in Syria, and the terrorism that it’s spawned, is climate change and drought.
There’s nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something.
The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa – slightly off balance.
Something as curious as the monarchy won’t survive unless you take account of people’s attitudes. After all, if people don’t want it, they won’t have it.
I think we’re going to find, with climate change and everything else, things like global warming and goodness knows what else and the cost of fuel for a start, that things are going to become very complicated.
I find myself born into this particular position. I’m determined to make the most of it. And to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.
Climate change should be seen as the greatest challenge to face man and treated as a much bigger priority in the United Kingdom.
Only the other day I was inquiring of an entire bed of old-fashioned roses, forced to listen to my ramblings on the meaning of the universe as I sat cross-legged in the lotus position in front of them.
As technology advances at an alarming pace, the place of drawing remains as valid as ever in the creation of art and architecture.
I was totally absorbed. I was in another world, or another dimension; all sense of time evaporated.
If English is spoken in heaven. God undoubtedly employs Cranmer as his speechwriter. The angels of the lesser ministries probably use the language of the New English Bible and the Alternative Service Book for internal memos.