To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Your least favorite virtue, or nominee for the most overrated one? Faith. Closely followed—in view of the overall shortage of time—by patience.

How is the United States at once the most conservative and commercial AND the most revolutionary society on Earth?

And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.

It is only those who hope to transform human beings who end up by burning them, like the waste product of a failed experiment.

Arguments that explain everything... explain nothing