The thought of immortality is as well founded as any other well authenticated postulate of the human reason.

Evil is a fact, not to be explained away, but to be accepted; and accepted, not to be endured, but to be conquered.

Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself - at the expense of the new demands of each new generation.

No one is wise enough, no nation is important enough, no human interest is precious enough, to justify the wholesale destruction and murder which constitute the science of war.

If Christians were Christians, there would be no anti-Semitism. Jesus was a Jew. There is nothing that the ordinary Christian so dislikes to remember as this awkward historical fact.

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians are to patriotism.

When I say 'God' it is poetry and not theology

We witness the miracle of redemption together with people of like passion

The emphasis and value on ideas and original thinking is an innate part of British culture, and in many ways, that describes the traditions of design.

Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others.

What sort of space is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary?

A woman, even a prude, is not long at a loss, however dire her plight. She would seen always to have in hand the fig leaf our Mother Eve bequeathed to her.

Lighting affects everything light falls upon. How you see what you see, how you feel about it, and how you hear what you are hearing. Replace the 'a' with an 'e' and you get lighting effects!

Debt is not just a money thing. It's about owing and being owed. Money is just one thing you can exchange. You can exchange good deeds, you can exchange revenge, you can exchange murders.

Believe not each accusing tongue, As most weak persons do; But still believe that story wrong, Which ought not to be true!

Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new! Late have I loved you! And, behold, you were within me, and I out of myself, and there I searched for you.

I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.