Religion is a mixed blessing.

I do assert that one prepares for eternity not by being religious and keeping the rules, but by living fully, loving wastefully, and daring to be all that each of us has the capacity to be.

The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.

I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates.

The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.

All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake.

I don't want a God that would go around killing people's little girls. Neither do I want a God who would kill his own son.

I prepare for death by living.

You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability.

You can build your strength, If you read enough books!

If you are financially poor, it is because you have not converted your time into any product.

Success is possible to anyone who sets his heart to it. Whatever we dream of can become reality if we put ourselves to work.

Imagine how different a world might be if more leaders took time to ponder the finality of death before racing off to war.

I heard it's nothin new except for someone new but how you s'posed to find the one when anyone'll come with you?

On some level, I think everyone felt like a dork in high school.

Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics.

That's the way life works: gratitude and appreciation just bring more goodness. Remember: Everything we give out comes back. Gratitude has all sorts of little, surprising rewards.

When Christ said: "I was hungry and you fed me," he didn't mean only the hunger for bread and for food; he also meant the hunger to be loved. Jesus himself experienced this loneliness.

What people believe prevails over the truth.