The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight

A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present

I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher

The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence

Judaism was not a religion but a law.

Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.

Time is a part of eternity, and of the same piece with it.

Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood.

Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.

For a game it is too serious, for seriousness too much of a game.

My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths

The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels & God, and at liberty when of Devils & Hell, is because he was a true Poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it.

We live in what is but we find 1 000 ways not to face it. Great theatre strengthens our faculty to face it.

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.

They don't want you to vote. If they did, we wouldn't vote on a Tuesday. In November. You ever throw a party on a Tuesday? No. Because nobody would come.

Like most of us, I determined that I'd rather be a large part of the problem than a small part of the solution.

One of the things which separates British and American culture is the reverence for the flag in American culture.

At a certain point memory becomes a beach strewn with landmines, all life’s many losses buried in those sands.

True Love gives you Peace! It doesn't consume you with anxiety, that's lust!

When Loughner himself speaks and we find out his real influences are Spiderman, 'Gnome Chomsky,' Taylor Swift, and Dr. Bronner, then what?

The first CD said exactly what it was. I was just in the streets hustling. I come from a family of hustlers.