And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.

Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes.

Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.

The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous.

You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances.

You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.

Say you want to live life like a movie.Keep in mind there’s a running time.

Waking in the morning, I had to remember grief all over again. It was sunny, a white winter sun, and that made me sad.

I believe in the healing power of the arts, and whenever anyone can bring art into anyone's life, it's a special thing.

Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.

…He was always high on drugs. I was not a drug man, but in case I wanted to hide from myself for a few days, I knew I could get anything I wanted from him.

It's a fool's life, a rogue's life, and a good life if you keep laughing all the way to the grave.

As for death, one gets used to it, even if it is only other people is death you get used to.

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.

I know what the structure of the language is.

I may command where I adore.