History is a realm in which human freedom and natural necessity are curiously intermingled.

One of the fundamental points about religious humility is you say you don't know about the ultimate judgment. It's beyond your judgment. And if you equate God's judgment with your judgment, you have a wrong religion.

Religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of church and state.

What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.

My personal attitude toward atheists is the same attitude that I have toward Christians, and would be governed by a very orthodox text: "By their fruits shall ye know them."

I think I should know how to educate a boy, but not a girl; I should be in danger of making her too learned.

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.