The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves.

The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones.

Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits.

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make.

From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.

This is the beauty of the Qur'an: it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general.

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying.