My biography of Jesus is probably the first popular biography that does not use the New Testament as its primary source material.

Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.

Religion is, by definition, interpretation; and by definition, all interpretations are valid. However, some interpretations are more reasonable than others.

Islam is more than a religion, it's much more than a religion, it's a way of life, it is a one party political system that has a very elaborate legal system that can put you to death if you leave it.

Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.

I believe in God, which means I am open to some absurd possibilities. But I understand the power of that faith, and I understand the metaphor of that belief.

But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason you were brought into Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you might know me better there.

Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith.

I really believe that to have a full impression of Jesus, both as Christ as a man, you must know about the world that gave shape to him - the world out of which he arose.

The key to recognizing who Jesus was is to recognize this fundamental truth: He was a Jew.

When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it.

Sena under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray has failed. It is a party on the decline, and that decline started the day Maharashtra Navnirman Sena was formed.

Carlyle uttered a pregnant truth when he said that the history of any country is in the biographies of the men who made it.

I don't know if it sounds arrogant or whatever, but I'm just trying to get better numbers than last year.

Not by appointment do we meet Delight And Joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner in the streets of life, They, on a sudden, clasp us with a smile.

Fan feedback going from a box of letters once every few months to literally tweeting while the show is airing. We are able to get a much quicker response to the choices we're making as storytellers.

The studious silence of the library ... Thought is the thought of thought. Tranquil brightness.

I spent much of my life hiding.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything.

I am so happy, I cannot be contained in the world; But like a spirit, I am hidden from the eyes of the world.