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.

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

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

Klar sieht, wer von ferne sieht, nebelhaft, wer Anteil nimmt.

Today's dreams create tomorrow’s hope. So act today and hope for the best.

Canada is the greatest nation in this country.

If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts.

I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other.

Anything having to do with what is happening inside people has political significance to me. That is why I like the term "holistic politics."

Being Negative and Lazy is a disease that leads to pain, hardship, depression, poor health and failure. Be pro active, and give a damn to achieve success!

Change is a given; growth, however, is optional.

Governments, whether they're dictatorships or democracies, reflect the people. When the people get fed up, they throw them out.

Government needs to do two things: put a price on carbon and invest heavily in new technologies.