Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

People in day-to-day life tend to skim the surface of things and be polite and careful, and that's not the language I speak. I like talking about feelings, fears and memories, anguish and joy, and I find it in music.

Joy and happiness don't strengthen relationships - difficulty does.

The joy of hate reflects people who get off pretending to hate something, or hate you, in order to score political points. I call them the 'tolerati' - you know, a group of people who claim to be tolerant, except when they run into someone who disagrees with them.

All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.