Becoming a part of a movement doesn't help anybody think clearly.

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.

Once you deposit that money in your checking account, it becomes the bank’s money and you’re just another one of their creditors.

Love has no limits, which is why we fall impulsively into the depths of our feelings.

And she didn't judge nobody. She loved everyone equal- accountants, queers, musicians, she welcomed us all, said we were all idiots just the same.

Writing is a defence against boredom, but it's also a cure for melancholy.

I'm not being like, 'Hey, everybody, I'm pregnant!' I'm not that girl.

Because of old sports injuries, yoga has become a physical lifesaver.

Your tonal will enable you to deal with the world well, to do well in a career and interact with others.

We should not exercise the body without the joint assistance of the mind; nor exercise the mind without the joint assistance of the body.

My views about hell are very traditional.

Realize that the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment.