All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.

Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it.

Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.

That is how to live: in the choosing. There are no rules but those you make for yourself.

A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do.

'Salaam Bombay' didn't put a halo on the poor. Instead, it said that they will teach us how to live.