...death is ultimately a dimension of life through which we journey into timelessness.

I do assert that one prepares for eternity not by being religious and keeping the rules, but by living fully, loving wastefully, and daring to be all that each of us has the capacity to be.

The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.

I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates.

The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.

All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake.

I don't want a God that would go around killing people's little girls. Neither do I want a God who would kill his own son.

I prepare for death by living.

You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability.

All providences are doors to trial. Men may be drowned in seas of prosperity as well as in rivers of affliction.

So it's 1976 and we're still riding on our past success. I mean I've gone on like that for I don't know how long.

This generation can only reach this generation.

I'm a playmaker, and I'm going to score. At the end of the day, my job is to put the ball in the basket.

One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.

A magic effect is never completely finished.

Religious experiences are real and common, whether or not God exists, and these experiences often make people whole and at peace.

there’s too much tension in the world… what hope is there in the middle east if you and i can’t make peace.

A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved.

There are no facts inside the building so get the hell outside.