"I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions."

"Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day."

"Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem."

"Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death."

"The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment."

"It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf."

"I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality."

"Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young."