When everyone thinks alike, there isn't much thinking taking place. Get out when you can, not when you have to.
Choose love. Teach love. And never lose your curiosity.
That same intense, overpowering, and all-encompassing love that you feel for your family can also be utterly terrifying.
Always look for common ground, but don't ever be afraid to choose sides.
Figure out what you believe in and what you're willing to fight for, then figure out what your special talents are and apply them to it.
Be bold. Be kind. Be brave.
Create the world you want to see.
And I know your next move, I watch you so much, 'There's been no proven link between the secular state of Iraq and al-Qaeda!' Come on. They both think we're Satan. Isn't that a nice starting point? Why are you so loathe to believe they might have each other on lunatic speed dial?
I never intended to be a historian of religion. My aim was to become a professor of English Literature in a university, but I had a series of absolute career disasters and found myself making television programs about the nature of religion and about Christian history and started to discover about other religious traditions, and that was an absolute eye-opener for me.
I'm a believer and I think that faith is not a bad thing. But faith when we use it to make rules and control people, then it might become a bad thing.
If you can't convince them [with your logic] then just confound them [with your wit. ]