When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time,' it is already out of fashion.

The wrong question to ask of a myth is whether it is true or false. The right question is whether it is living or dead, whether it still speaks to our condition.

Religion is the most powerful alternative to God.

When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time,' it is already out of fashion.

The use of God in moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.

Meditation on the majestic energyof the universe should increase our love for humanity, should widen, not narrow, our hearts.