People of balance age as gracefully as wines of balance.

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist.

There are still a few men who love desperately.

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.

Not that I dislike McDonalds, but things must be pretty bad in Moscow if people are willing to wait three hours for large fries.

The people who are the worst at news, who kind of engage in what I call the World Wrestling of news, have kind of set the bar for where news is.

This is what the things can teach us: to fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that before he can fly.

The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.

God secludes Himself; but the thinker listens at the door.

Some falls the means are happier to rise.