A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

I would rather have 1 amazing best friend than 100 decent regular friends. It's not about quantity, it's about quality.

Reading well is one of the great pleasuresthat solitude can afford you, because it isat least in my experience, the most healing of pleasures.

One great effect of prayer is that it enables the soul to command the body. By obedience I make my body submissive to my soul but prayer puts my soul in command of my body.

The Blessed Virgin used me like a broom, and then put me back in my place.

The majority is wicked.

I want to go to Australia and take the same goofy picture of me holding a koala that everyone else takes.

It's so hard [to be parent] and no matter how old you get and how experienced you get you're always scared you're going to screw it up and you're going to make a mistake.

It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.

The world is still in deleveraging.

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single man.