"My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them."

"The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition."

"I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged."

"High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments."

"It is a profound truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach."

"Never underestimate the power of joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."

"Never underestimate the power of the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself."