The success of the West, including the rise of science, rested entirely on religious foundations, and the people who brought it about were devout Christians.

Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals. The word is taken to mean a passe form of religious thinking that embraces irrationality and dogmatism. So too, Scholasticism.

Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--th e rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars.

Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong personal beliefs.

For one, thing, the media are dominated by the irreligious. So are universities.

People value religion on the basis of cost, and they don't value the cheapest ones the most. Religions that ask nothing get nothing.

It has been said of many modern Christian theologians that their primary aim is to find ways to express disbelief as belief.

It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men.

America is an unusually religious nation.

No other single innovation had so much impact on history.

The overwhelming majority of social scientists were irreligious or even anti-religious. This led them to believe that religion was a disappearing and unimportant factor in human affairs.

That was an important rule of any game: always make it easy for people to give you money.

The stupidest people suddenly become a little cleverer when we learn that they think well of us

Start with the end in mind. If you want to be a millionaire, talk like one, act like one, work like one.

Mankinds struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies.

... learning to love any one is like an increase of property, -- it increases care, and brings many new fears lest precious things should come to harm.

Congress shall never disarm any citizen unless such as are or have been in actual rebellion.

The key issue is the shift of the centre of gravity from the West to the East, the rise of China and India.

Anything good has a magical power! Say something good; it travels around the world without legs; do something good, it flies around the world without wings! Everything good has a mystical power!

The best way to dwell in the presence of the Lord is to be a thankful person.

When it comes to emotions, we all feel pain in the same way, everyone, whether you're from Istanbul or Beijing.