The joys of theory are the sweetest intellectual pleasures of life

It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image.

I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.

Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established.

The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.

As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate.

Man created God in his own image.

The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.

The power of miracle is the power of imagination.

What yesterday was still religion is no longer such today; and what today is atheism, tomorrow will be religion.

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

In this walk to freedom, we must, without question obtain hearts of honesty and a tongue of truthfulness.

All music has a message and a spirit behind it.

Many people have been pontificating, and patronizing, and moralizing, and scapegoating, saying you Greeks, you are the problem. I would say we Greeks have a problem. We are not the problem.

Mental power cannot be got from ill-fed brains.

Some women chasing men, and some - for dreams. If you are at a fork, remember, your career will not wake up one morning to say that more does not love you.

I never desired to really go to Hollywood and make films, and purely because I want my entire control, which I'm used to having.

Let me apologize for all the faces I've worn, none of them my own.

As Nature is always careless and indifferent Who sees, who steps, means nothing and this is pretty.

There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking.