Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.

A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.

We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.

How we pay attention to the present moment...determin es the character of our experience and...the quality of our lives.

You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.

How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware? We can’t.

You don't get anything worth getting, by pretending to know things you don't know.

Jesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker

The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.

The greatest life is to share, to sacrifice and to serve.

Lifting lives, 140 characters at a time.

All films are born free and equal.

The spirit is what guides my life, and I'm humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it's something to be lived.

Food brings people together on many different levels. It's nourishment of the soul and body; it's truly love.

Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.

Half the joys and half the sorrows of this world are discovered in bed.

[Barack Obama] is a man who is causing us and will cause us a great deal of harm constitutionally and personally.

When you have something in black and white, you can deal with it quicker.

When you find your purpose, it is like your heart has been set alight with passion. You know it absolutely, without any doubt.