Show me a religion that doesn't care about compassion. Show me a religion that doesn't care about stewardship of the environment. Show me a religion that doesn't care about hospitality.

To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism

We have to build bridges that are stronger than the bombs that other people might throw

When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together.

I thought about the meaning of pluralism in a world where the forces that seek to divide us are strong. I came to one conclusion: We have to save each other. It’s the only way to save ourselves.

One of the best ways of showing pluralism in action is for people to do service together, and that has so many benefits.

What we pluralists have to do is to say to the people standing on the faith line, particularly the young ones, no, pluralism is the wish of the creator. It is the greatest opportunity for humanity.

I as a Muslim believe deeply in the differences that are within Islam. But I also take seriously the idea that we have to come to know one another.

A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality.

Relationship are like glasses, once it's broken it never be like before, as broken glass remain with the broken piece stains ever...

I believe in the great spirit and intelligence of Americans.

I’ve always thought that each person invented himself… that we are each a figment of our own imagination. And some people have a greater ability to imagine than others.

I have friends who are writers, but we don't tend to talk about literature very much. It's just not part of my process; I tend to be pretty secretive about what I'm working on.

The packaging has to really sell the product today, because kids can go out and buy a CD and then 10 kids can burn them. So you have to really be on your toes.

In almost every walk of life, people buy more at lower prices; in the stock market they seem to buy more at higher prices.

If we develop a good heart we will progress to true compassion, and awaken Bodhicitta. This is the way of the Buddha's method.

The family is a community of love where each of us learns to relate to others and to the world around us.

A mom reads you like a book, and wherever she goes, people read you like a glowing book review.

When you change a lead actor, everything's going to change - but you can rest assured he's going to absolutely smash it.