I have need of angels. Enough hell has swallowed me for too many years. But finally understand this--I have burned up one hundred thousand human lives already, from the strength of my pain.

DNA tells you all the secrets of life, ’ he used to say. Except for one—how to live it.

You cannot be both religious and unbiased.

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.

Orthodoxy is the grave of intelligence, no matter what orthodoxy it may be.

What a person thinks about determines what he is.

Soft words, with nothing in them, make a song.

As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.

Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but it is the only way to live life completely.

In the marathon anything can happen.

The beauty of the world is Christ's tender smile for us coming through matter.