To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house.

We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness.

Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?

The more a human being in his worldview approaches the goal, the hegemony of love in a moral universe, the more has he become slipshod in the light of intellectual honesty.

As long as humankind recklessly proceeds in the fateful delusion of being biologically fated for triumph, nothing essential will change.

Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.

If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.

For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet.

A coin is turned around before it is handed to the beggar, yet a child is unflinchingly tossed into cosmic bruteness.

The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.

Jesus must have been a psychopath

I don't know whether it is beautiful or sad, that I find such blissful happiness within the confines of my own mind, more so than I do in the reality that surrounds me.

It is wise to know God.

The rules of this house are written in water. I must either sink or swim.

You can win, it'll just cost you some money.

It's ecstasy when you're laying down next to me.

I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.

The things I have are nameless, old and true; they may not be named; few may live and know.

If you look at me in 'Ride Along,' even though I'm playing two different characters, my demeanor and my tone were not aggressive.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.