Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but we thought if people needed a crutch for consolation where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.

Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture. By culture we mean beliefs values and lifestyles. We cover a broad range of issues and we work very internationally.

My personal belief is that you carry your own water in a relationship. If you see a girl and you think she's hot that's a very human reaction but you don't go and tell your spouse that you know? So in one way it's how you behave.

The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world.

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing not a controlling factor in American life.

I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push their beliefs unless they're extremely well informed.

I learned a good deal about economics and about America from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.

When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.