Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.
The primary battle which religion must fight today is the battle to justify its own existence.
To discover, or recover, the sense of religious certainty one must worship.
the most common type of pessimism is neither philosophical nor religious: it is the pessimism of thwarted desire. . . . It is the cynical sneer of the man who, seeking roses, finds only ashes.
The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.
Eternal life is personal existence in continuity with the present life, but transfigured.
The sooner the doctrine of original sin disappears, the better it is for theology.
All the arts are based on the presence of man, only photography derives an advantage from his absence. Photography affects us like a phenomenon in nature, like a flower or a snowflake whose vegetable or earthly origins are an inseparable part of their beauty.
Compromise is the key element. The more constraints you have, the more compromise you have to have. But, I personally believe that, when that happens, you have to get more creative, and you end up with something that is even better.
America has never been a pure democracy and majoritarianism has always been as much feared as monarchism.
As I am. As I am. All or not at all.