We cannot hope for a society in which formal organized religion dies out. But we can stop behaving as if it was worthy of our collective respect.

We're as ephemeral as raindrops. We all fall, and we all land somewhere.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

There are things that man is not meant to interfere with, and the robust yet fragile temper of a woman is one of them.

Just because one is born in sin is no reason to brag about it.

He felt the quicksand of failure sucking at his feet, threatening to bury him, to drown him.Jeana E. Mann. Intoxicated (Kindle Location 2125).

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.

I took my time to find the perfect girl.

I spent most of the year in the studio for electronic music at a radio station in Cologne or in other studios where I produced new works with all kinds of electronic apparatus.

Happiness is not an individual matter. When you are able to bring relief, or bring back the smile to one person, not only that person profits, but you also profit.

When I start a movie, the first day, I feel like a duck.

It's complicated. On the one hand we're killer apes, and on the other hand we have this metaphysical longing.

Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'.