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

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

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

It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.

Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.