The best are the ones built without controversy, when the owner, the architect, and the builder work together.


It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.