Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the world; it interprets the hungry to be our brethren whom we allow to starve.

Death is what takes place within us when we look upon others not as gift, blessing, or stimulus but as threat, danger, competition.

Bible texts are best read with a pair of glasses made out of today's newspaper.

To be content with the world as it is is to be dead.

For me as a woman pride is not really sin, but rather something that I still have to learn. The male conception of the person who rebels against God by affirming himself, by acting proudly, arrogantly, and without constraints, is not a woman's concern. Rather, we women are in danger of not developing any pride, of never becoming independent, of constantly remaining within too narrow boundaries.

Religion is made up of unrestrained wishes.

Our whole life consists of despairing of an answer and seeking an answer.