Religion is the most powerful alternative to God.

The use of God in moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless.

When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time,' it is already out of fashion.

When true forgiveness happens it is one of the most astonishing and liberating of the human experience.

Meditation on the majestic energyof the universe should increase our love for humanity, should widen, not narrow, our hearts.

The wrong question to ask of a myth is whether it is true or false. The right question is whether it is living or dead, whether it still speaks to our condition.

Human beings do terrible things to each other and the tragic thing about it all is the way the remembrance of past hurt can rob us of our future and become the narrative of our lives.

We will go on producing myths, ways of explaining ourselves to ourselves but, like everything else about us, they are in constant transition and we must not fundamentalise any of them.

If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting.

GRIEF TAUGHT ME TO LIVE NUMB. Death takes more than just the one life. It thieves tiny particles from the ones left behind until you feel only half alive.

I was on the path of the warrior, when I realized I was the warrior.

international force. Finally, these issues are tackled both at the individual

Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.

To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do.

Without conflict there is no plot, without hope there is no story

Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that's why everybody loved him so much.

Charlie didn't want to give up meat and smoking. Now he's gone.

They think I'm depressed because I look serious in photos. It's usually because I'm just nervous. But I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.