“Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion.”

“Seeing myself or my church or my denomination as "the blessing"like so many mission trips to help "those less fortunate than ourselves"can easily descend into a blend of benevolence and paternalism...”

“But then it is easy, too easy, to sermonize about the dangers of paternalism and the need to take responsibility for our own lives, from the comfort of our couch in our safe and sanitary home. Aren...”

“The FDA just ordered them off the market. The glaze is supposed to be poisonprovided you drink at least forty cups of tea out of one of them every day of your life for twenty years.”

“I have little use for religion as it is practiced, or for astrology, or for belief in witchcraft or omens of good or ill-luck. I think they all stem from some insufficiency in mens minds, perhaps f...”

“It is only the innocent mind which knows what love is, and the innocent mind can live in the world which is not innocent.”

“So if you can look at all things without allowing pleasure to creep in - at a face, a bird, the colour of a sari, the beauty of a sheet of water shimmering in the sun, or anything that gives deligh...”

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”

“Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.”