Madness is the acme of intelligence.

The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason