Although the gospels of the New Testament-- like those discovered at Nag Hammadi-- are attributed to Jesus' followers, no one knows who actually wrote any of them.

There is a light within each person, and it lights up the whole universe. If it does not shine, there is darkness.

There's practically no religion that I know of that sees other people in a way that affirms the others' choices. But in our century we're forced to think about a pluralistic world.

It is the winners who write history - their way.

He's an intimate betrayer. That's what's so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher.

The story of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas gave a moral and religious rationale to anti-Jewish sentiment, and that's what made it persistent and vicious.

Jesus Christ rose from the grave.' With this proclamation, the Christian church began. This may be the fundamental element of Christian faith; certainly it is the most radical.

Never underestimate love, as you need estimate to underestimate.

Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing and doing it assiduously.

The driver on the highway is safe not when He reads the signs, but when He obeys them.

Seated in my library at night, and looking on the silent faces of my books, I am occasionally visited by a strange sense of the supernatural.

Before I compose a piece, I walk round it several times, accompanied by myself.

Dances without purpose have false starts and stops.

When I got into politics, it was a shock. People promise all sorts of things and then never deliver.

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere waiting for you.

The word 'cause' is an altar to an unknown god.