To not believe in God is to know that it falls to us to make the world a better place.

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.

A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.

We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.

How we pay attention to the present moment...determin es the character of our experience and...the quality of our lives.

You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.

How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware? We can’t.

You don't get anything worth getting, by pretending to know things you don't know.

Jesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker

The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.

If you could be either God’s worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.

One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.

We are not all leaders. We are called leaders.

Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny.

One must not assume that an understanding of science is present in those who borrow the language

I won't tell you how many hours a day I work because you wouldn't believe it. But don't worry; I am in bed at 11 p.m., sleep well and get up early, without an alarm clock.

As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature and make it obey.