To learn a new language is, therefore, always a sort of spiritual adventure; it is like a journey of discovery in which we find a new world.

Knowledge of the name gives him who knows it mastery even over the being and will of the god.

It is necessary, first of all, to find a correct logical starting point, one which can lead us to a natural and sound interpretation of the empirical facts.

The facts of science always imply a theoretical, which means a symbolic, element.

I choose not to waste my energy hating someone and I recognise that their negativity drags me down, so I walk away from them.

Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.

One very difficult aspect of sin is that my sin never feels like sin to me. My sin feels like life to me, plain and simple. My heart is an idol factory, and my mind is an excuse-making factory.

Today well lived will prepare me for both the pleasure and the pain of tomorrow.

Even if we are spared destruction by war, our lives will have to change if we want to save life from self-destruction.

What else have I done nearly all my life than go hungry and go on singing?

You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad.

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

What appears to be the established order of present-day civilization is actually only the inert but spectacular momentum of a high velocity vehicle whose engine has already stopped functioning.

As an actor, you want to do the best job possible, and you want the best scripts possible because it makes life more interesting.