The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.
The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.
I sometimes think that God will ask us, 'That wonderful world of mine, why didn't you enjoy it more?
As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.
One of the reasons why old people make so many journeys into the past is to satisfy themselves that it is still there.
Acceptance of death when it arrives is one thing, but to allow it to upstage the joys of living is ingratitude.
Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness.
I probably have mellowed down a bit. But when it comes to principles, I still have to make a stand.
It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives.
Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever.
I'm proud to be involved with Simon Cowell and 'X Factor.