"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."

"When I say beautiful things, I'm not necessarily living them; when I live them, the beautiful thing is that words aren't necessary."

"When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of 'shoulds,' free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't right, we will have peaceful hearts."

"Man has responsibility, not power."

"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings."

"The Godless would deny and destroy human rights .... the liberties of a nation cannot be secure when belief in God is abandoned."

"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself."

"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."

"I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction."

"Angels dancing on the head of a pin dissolve into nothingness at the bedside of a dying child."

"A cult is a religion with no political power."

"It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing."