Morality pertains only to the sphere of man's free will - only to those actions which are open to his choice.

A spirit, too, needs fuel. It can run dry.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable?

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.

A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. Particularly when one can't see the details. Just the shapes. The shapes and the thought that made them. The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. What other religion do we need?