"A courageous heart knows that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it."

"To conquer fear is to realize that the true master is an eternal student."

"That's all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature."

"If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time."

"There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary."

"Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive, it remains vital, inspiring great good and, sometimes, great evil."

"What has happened to the good old-fashioned travel agent? I want to go to a really posh travel agent and have them organise everything for me. I don't want to do things on the Internet."