What men deny is not God, but some preposterous idol of the imagination.

The reductio ad absurdum is God's favorite argument.

We do not need to prove religion to [people], but to show them that they are religious.

Denial is the inevitable consequence of those who are presented with disastrous scenarios without being offered an avenue for success. That is why we need to maintain a hopeful attitude.

The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.

When a person eats shortly before going to bed, digestion accompanies sleep. The two great physiological functions are completed together, leaving the maximum of freedom to the mind during the day.

It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.

And me having kids, with my family history? My mom: mentally ill, shot and killed her last husband. My father: six ex-wives, four heart attacks. Both of my parents think alcohol is a food group.

Culture is not a surface phenomenon, it is our very care

Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary.

Saying you love something out loud with the wrong intonation in your face can damn you and destroy what you're working on.

Fighters used to be afraid of the Russians, Cubans but then I'd figure them out and figure out how to beat them.

Within the next hundred years...nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority... National sovereignty wasn't such a great idea after all.