What is a teacher? It isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.

I am a Catholic, not so committed to the church, but to the idea of the Virgin, the female face of God.

You're always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

It's a Wonderful Life' was a mainstream Hollywood movie about faith, redemption, religion, and it was rated G.

I've never seen any ghost, but I definitely believe that there's some sort of something spiritual out there. I mean, there has to be.

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which case he was never alive, it being unlikely that he died of old age.