The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologians but also of zoologists.

You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.

I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion.

Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited.

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?

Religion is more than rite and ritual.

…This remains the great deficiency of literature: its imitation of nature cannot prepare you for the main events. For the main events, only experience will answer.

Those who read the Scriptures as magnificent literature, breath-taking poetry, or history and overlook the story of salvation miss the Bible’s real meaning and message.

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

the more we abandon ill-will and hatred, the easier it will be to meditate.

Notre Dame had a ... sorta... statistical defense.

He that hath little is the lesse durtie.

Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more.

I've got a bit of Scottish Blood... On my kitchen knife!!

I think theres something strangely musical about noise.