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A religion shapes the world of its believers by identifying questions that need answers and providing answers that people 'know' to be true. ­

But the more insidious enemies of religion recognize but deplore religion's remarkable influence in the world order.

Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.

Religion is something people do together to face urgent problems and to resolve them by appealing to truths that seem self-evident to them.

You do not need to justify asking questions. But if you think you have found answers, you do not have the right to remain silent.

A dear and long-time friend,... asked me, "Jack, how long does it usually take you to write a book?" I replied, "Of course it depends on the project and its requirements, each book has its own rules. But for a statement to the world at large, once I've thought a book through and written it in my mind, it takes me around a week or so, depending on this and that, ordinarily at the rate of a chapter a day, but I've had some two-chapters day and some chapters have taken two days. And then of course there is revision, but around a week is about right." He seemed surprised, and I was surprised by his surprise, so I thought, maybe I'm wrong. I went home and wrote this book, at the perfectly normal pace of a chapter a day, as usual...