“The term spirit might have evolved in a mystical fashion, but in todays civilized and thinking society, it refers to simply your inner self. Spirit is the self, and the self is the soul. Hence, a s...”

“Religions began as realization of the self, but ended up being retaliation against each other.”

“If history has shown anything, it is that where there is a God, there is an institution trying to lock up that God in its lifeless structure of orthodoxy, in order to have authority over people and...”

“We don't have the luxury to say that, there is no hope for reform in Islam, because by saying this, we would be disavowing the entire peace-loving Muslim population of the world. We cannot leave ou...”

“Those who preach bookish religion are the greatest atheists of all, because they dont have the slightest idea of neither God nor religion. Their beloved religion is their book. And their God is in ...”

“I dont see doctrines, when I talk about religions. All I see are different experiential realities of the one and the same neuronal Kingdom of God.”

“One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. Whats the point? he said. Kids arent getting jobs. You never hear faculty talk that way. He did.”

“Education makes your maths better, not necessarily your manners.”

“The goal of argumentation is to make a case so forceful (note the metaphor) that skeptics are coerced into believing itthey are powerless to deny it while still claiming to be rational. In principl...”

“The term spirit might have evolved in a mystical fashion, but in todays civilized and thinking society, it refers to simply your inner self. Spirit is the self, and the self is the soul. Hence, a s...”

“Religions began as realization of the self, but ended up being retaliation against each other.”

“I dont see doctrines, when I talk about religions. All I see are different experiential realities of the one and the same neuronal Kingdom of God.”

“Education doesnt make you happy. Nor does freedom. We dont become happy just because were free if we are. Or because weve been educated if we have. But because education may be the means by which...”

“Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of bei...”

“The past has no power over the present moment.”