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.

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.

I don't really want people looking to me for inspiration. I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward Heaven.

September had never been betrayed before. She did not even know what to call the feeling in her chest, so bitter and sour. Poor child. There is always a first time, and it is never the last time.

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

Death comes along like a gas bill one can't pay.

The world becomes more rewarding when you let yourself look beyond what you're searching for.

There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.

One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.

I got to sit down with people who I admired, and have conversations with some of the greatest thinkers and artists and performers. It's a huge privilege for me to be a journalist.

A product can be quickly outdated, but a successful brand is timeless.

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is truth.