“Life is most exciting when we are put in the uncomfortable position of having to evaluate our beliefs.”

“If we don't hold true to our beliefs--especially now when it's most difficult--then why bother having these beliefs and why ask our brave citizens to die for them?”

“What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.”

“Our way–the Western Way–has always been a "work in progress." Questions of life and death, good and evil, justice and tragedy–these are never definitively settled, but must be addressed again and again as personal and public worlds shift and change. We hold our morals to be absolutes, but the context of our actions and decisions is forever changing. We are not relativists because we seek to re-evaluate again and again our most crucial moral positions.”

“The world will not change by our position in the Universe. Actions change when beliefs change; collective actions and beliefs change the world.”

“One is often so busy doing life that it is easy to avoid evaluating whether you are putting your energy in the direction you value most.”