| Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. |
| Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time. |
| Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. |
| A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society. |
| Laughter is the very essence of religion. Seriousness is never religious, cannot be religious. Seriousness is of the ego, part of the very disease. Laughter is egolessness. |
| If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstances. |
| Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love. |
| God made so many different kinds of people. Why would he allow only one way to serve him? |
| I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching. |
| This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. |