Have no discrepancy between what you say, what you are and what you do.

We don't need to respond with desperate violence.

I believe all religions pursue the same goals, that of cultivating human goodness and bringing happiness to all human beings. Though the means might appear different the ends are the same.

[Animals] appreciate others' affection, they also have the sort of ability to show their own affection. And then as soon as we're born, child, no religious faith.

Do something that scares you every day. You have nothing to lose but fear itself.

My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common sense, is that establishing binding ethical principles is possible when we take as our starting point the observation that we all desire happiness and wish to avoid suffering.

Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up