You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your own understanding.
Words are finite expressions of the infinite mind.
So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed
I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.
We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.
All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.
You can stand back and look at this planet and see that we have the money, the power, the medical understanding, the scientific know-how, the love, and the community to produce a kind of human paradise.
Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun's green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.
I don't presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die. But I feel very strongly that whether the reward is in the here and now or in the hereafter, the aligning myself to my faith and my values is a good thing.
As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.
You are what you share.
It was mind-blowing. It was a small place with 2,000 standing-up tickets. It's great to have your band back and working and playing again, people have been so generous.
Next time you're stunned by a large moon on the horizon, bend over and view it between your legs. The effect goes away entirely.
Not only is it mind-blowing that God would consider me - us - worthy of his love, but it's flat-out incomprehensible that God would give us his wisdom, compassion, guidance, and comfort by giving us his Word. It's totally humbling and such an honor. Thank you Lord!
Ideology always paves the way toward atrocity.
Television is by nature the dominator drug par excellence. Control of content, uniformity of content, repeatability of content make it inevitably a tool of coersion, brainwashing, and manipulation.
You see, a secret is not something untold. It’s something which can’t be told.
The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.
Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.