In the private arena, you can do whatever you wish, and people do. These crazy evangelical preachers get on the radio and TV and say incredible things.

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.

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

There are 2 types of people on face the difficulty, :1 - Damn it!2 - Challenge accepted!

I dare walk alone on my sacred path.

He fought for his very survival. If he fought dirty sometimes that does not diminish the fact that he refused to give up.

Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.

Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.

I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone who likes freedom of the press can't be.

Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.

Shh! Don't talk with your mouth full.

Actually there's a very bad trend in some cults about how Guru's are supposed to be mean to their students, and there are some who revel in this and are abusive.