It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat.

I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford.

Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.

Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from an epileptic.

I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how.

To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies.

The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.