There is also a reasonable tolerance: reason tolerates the reasonable. It is, however, almost tautological to call this 'tolerance' any longer, as it becomes a matter of course.

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

Humor is the mask of wisdom.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.

The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

My parents did a great job of creating a home we wanted to return to...and all of our friends wanted to be there too.

I think that one of the benefits of optimism and idealism is that they lead you into things you would never have tried if you'd let yourself imagine how hard it was going to turn out to be.

I do this so you cannot help but hear. a wise man views a moonless night with fear.

the human body is a miniature version of the universe - the eyes and ears are the sun and moon, breath is air, blood is rain.

I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.

Please, sir, I want some more.

Going to auditions is always so nerve-wracking. I don't think they ever get any easier.

Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill to all that lives.

It's women who have embraced their own sexuality, it's why women wear makeup, it's why they wear high heels. It's what civilization is all about.

Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing.