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

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.

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.

Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.

Men are motivated and empowered when they feel needed. Women are motivated and empowered when they feel cherished.

It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.

The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.

A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.

The average American is not concerned with his society. He talks about it, but you know if one speaks of being concerned, I mean something about which one loses one's sleep, sometimes.

If we could just find out who's in charge, we could kill him.

The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway.

The UEFA Cup is now what we focus on. It's a huge game for us in Rome and it's all to play for.

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

In all this world, I pray thee, who Is virtuous, heroic, true?