The truth of the matter is that when you write about religion like I do, you're writing about something that people take very seriously.

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.

Why is it that when you awake to the world of realities you nearly always feel, sometimes very vividly, that the vanished dream has carried with it some enigma which you have failed to solve?

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation.

I actually don't play any new video games except 'Call of Duty.' I'm addicted to 'Call of Duty.' It's the only game I need.

Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude.

Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.

Lately I’d begun carrying pain amulets in my bag, like some people have breath mints.

It's absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we've got rockets, we've got saran wrap - fix it!

Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.

Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.