Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious.

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.

If you have a sloppy religion you get a sloppy atheism.

He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room.

The difference between the Old and the New Testament is the difference between a man who said "There is nothing new under the sun" and a God who says "Behold, I make all things new.

The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.

Only man had dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

I am a feminist because in every woman I can see reflection of my mother.

If greatness was easy to attain, everyone’s name would be in history books.

People who are hard on others are usually very hard on themselves, and the pain they inflict on others is a reflection of the pain they inflict on themselves.

Everyone knows what it's like to feel like the underdog. Everyone wants to be accepted. Ultimately, everybody wants to be loved.

Bhakti yoga is a way of transforming your emotion from negativity to utmost pleasantness.

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.

Life will not, it will never, make sense to your mind. The secret is to see life from the soul's perspective; to add to the mind's experience the soul's wisdom, awareness, and total knowing.

A poet is the translator of the silent language of nature to the world.

I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady." Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.

The training of a journalist, of working with words for thousands of hours, is extraordinarily useful for a fiction writer.