Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.

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.

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.

God doesn't make you a bigot. You're just a bigot.

Drink in the moon as though you might die of thirst.

She is always married too soon, who gets a bad husband, and she is never married too late, who gets a good one.

I would like to be remembered as a man who brought an innovation to popular singing.

By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.

When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.

Do what you love and love what you do. Don’t do anything for money. Everything should be for love.

You can't even begin to understand biology, you can't understand life, unless you understand what it's all there for, how it arose - and that means evolution.

Granny Weatherwas was not a jouster in the lists of love, but, as an intelligent onlooker, she knew how the game was played.

I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural.

I think at this point in my life, I'd like to play more good guys than bad guys.