"Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place."

"Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius."

"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."

"There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't."

"But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end."

"I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same the wellspring is the same in both cases."

"Historically, Islam was hijacked about 20 or 30 years after the Prophet and interpreted in such a way that the ruler has absolute power and is accountable only to God. That, of course, was a very convenient interpretation for whoever was the ruler."

"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul."