There's a reason prophets perform miracles; language lacks the power to describe faith.

Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down.

We need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humanities exceeds the processing power of our brains.

How many big businesses don't resort to underhand means?

NYC doesn't have a big sign saying "You must love diversity and the rights of all people." And that's not what makes you love diversity in NYC or anywhere. What makes you love diversity is because you live in it and you experience it.

India to someone who lives in Lahore is like Queens to someone who lives in Lower Manhattan - it's not far away, and yet it doesn't exist.

She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself.