The best argument for Christianity is the Gregorian chant. Listening to that music, one can believe anything -- while the music lasts.

In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

I must confess that I know nothing whatsoever about true underlying reality, never having met any.

Married couples who quarrel bitterly every day may really need each other as deeply as those who appear to be desperately in love.

Humans were free before the word freedom became necessary.

most of my wandering in the desert i've done alone. not so much from choice as from necessity - i generally prefer to go into places where no one else wants to go. i find that in contemplating the natural world my pleasure is greater if there are not too many others contemplating it with me, at the same time.

You cannot reshape human nature without mutilating human beings.