To imagine the world without gods and religion is reasonable enough; to imagine mankind without them is an entirely different matter.

We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.

Is it not ignorance that we share? A lie takes two. The truth we find alone.

Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!

Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain!

Wisdom doesn’t come only from the experience you have had, but from the experience you have chosen not to have.

No philosopher was ever apathetic. If there is no love, it is not philosophy.

To measure up takes skill, but to err is an art.

Novelty does not require intelligence, but ignorance, which is why the young excel in this branch.

The key to writing is something to be stolen. How else does one open the door to a house of thieves?

Stereotypes are based on the idea that two heads are bigger than one.

Love and respect all people. Hate and destroy all faith.

If she doesn't speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn't try, she can lose her chance forever. -An-mei

Drawing architecture is a "schizoid" act: it involves reducing the world to a piece of paper.

I want to die violently instead of fading out sentimentally.

The notion that not only the biopolymer but the operating program of a living cell could be arrived at by chance in a primordial organic soup here on the Earth is evidently nonsense of a high order.

There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving.

Confidence allows you to progress in something you're attempting to accomplish, whether it's playing basketball or baseball or whether it's trying to succeed in business.

If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it.

God does not always heal us instantly the way we think. He is not a jack-in-the-box God. But God is walking with me through this.

Proof is not required to believe [in a god]. But some sign, some evidence is needed. None exists... Find some inkling of evidence. There is none.