“Turing was a quite brilliant mathematician, most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes. It is no exaggeration to say that, without his outstanding contribution, the history of the...”

“Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.”

“I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower.”

“Our equality bill is specifically designed to protect religion and belief on exactly the same terms as race or gender or sexuality.”

“Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally. That, in my view, gives us the...”

“I have to say that if our global alliances are going to be alliances with Hezbollah and Hamas and Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and Vladimir Putin's Russia, there is absolutely no chance of building a wo...”

“I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa”

“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.”

“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”

“It's when you take somebody's innocence that you also take their life.”

“Should is my all time least favorite word. Its this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves.”

“Lucas heard a strange sound, something he hadnt heard in months. At first it didnt seem real, it was something distant from the past. It was the first time in nearly a year he had heard himself lau...”

“The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.”

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.”

“The moral of the tale is, don't live for the approval of others. The real you is here to find out the secret of life, not to satisfy someone else's opinion.”