We are built on a structure of the freedom of religion and the non-establishment of religion. That really is a pretty sturdy rudder for the U.S.

We tend to gravitate towards our tribes; the challenge is to understand the people of other tribes.

The issue of "who we are" has been an ongoing one. It's part of the ongoing identity crisis of America.

I do think that the U.S. has an opportunity as a democracy to really exemplify what a religiously diverse society can be when it embraces the pluralism.

Pluralism isn't just diversity; it's something we create out of this diversity.

I guess one of the things that is an advantage of the world in which we live is that I can at least I can have multiple homes. I can have that attachment to Montana and to Cambridge and to India.

The idea of going on a spiritual journey is really part of the DNA of India itself.

There are two great things that we need to find in life: one is love, probably the most important, and the second is work, and they compete with one another from time to time.

Be prepared for changes.

That is the strength of having a trusting and ongoing relationship that draws on our history and moves right on into our present, and I have that kind of marriage.

India is simply dotted with pilgrimage places, and with teachers and very powerful spiritual guides.

Do not stand at a distance and wave hands. Get closer and hug.

It's not that I'm ahead of my time, it's more that the world is running late

I'm not bitter, I'm bittersweet.

Leaving [from EU] will allow us to return real democratic control to important areas of national life; from international trade, the right to work and live in Britain to business regulation.

Men make history, not the other way around.

We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy.

The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms.

Whatever is newly expensive has two attributes: wonderful past returns and, in most cases, lousy future returns.

The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.