“As the parish goes, so goes the faith of the people.”

“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.”

“The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.”

“Faith comes and goes. It rises and falls like the tides of an invisible ocean. If it is presumptuous to think that faith will stay with you forever, it is just as presumptuous to think that unbelief will.”

“… people liking you or not liking you is an accident and is to do with them and not you. That goes for love too, only more so.”

“Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: It comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.”

“There's one that I remember so dearly, it's called the Three Character Classics. The first phrase goes... 'People at birth are inherently good.'”

“Some readers will no doubt say that a devil is inside me; and though my faith is a bit like Magic FM in the Chilterns, in that the signal comes and goes, I can only hope that isn't so.”

“Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.”

“Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.”