Faith and force ... are corollaries: every period of history dominated by mysticism, was a period of statism, of dictatorship, of tyranny.

I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.

That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character.

The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.

Abortion is a moral right-which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition she is to make of the functions of her body?

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

That which is not worth contemplating in life, is not worth recreating in art.