Don't let life affect your worship; let your worship effect life
So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order.
In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that.
One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.
It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both faiths have at their heart the living image of a community raised up by God's call to reveal to the world what God's purpose is for humanity.
Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed to find the right words. I succeeded in confusing people. I've made mistakes - that's probably one of them.
Religion has always been a matter of community building; a matter of building precisely those relations of compassion, fellow feeling and - I dare to use the word - inclusion, which would otherwise be absent from our societies.
It's important to stay true to yourself. You have to know your weaknesses and recruit support when and where you need it.
I'm not a fan of facts. You see, the facts can change, but my opinion will never change, no matter what the facts are.
The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of dictatorship.
I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting.