You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, IS myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

Bigotry tries to keep teeth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Politics is not a game. It's an earnest business.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remove ourselves.

Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. IS considered the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.