“I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.”

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

Everyone has the same God; only people differ.

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.

If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.

There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.

People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.

Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.

An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.

Man is what he believes.

If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.

A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.

In general, Europeans need to get a wider perspective on the problem of Islamism.

As for the many followers of the Koran being slaughtered daily by Islamic terrorists, the world will have to wait until Barack Obama is out of office before America’s might will be used to save these Muslims.

I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.

After all, I’m religious, and if my mother knew I was performing in the nude, she would have had a heart attack.

We spend millions of dollars per year supplying more than adequate meals and a Koran to every detainee along with a prayer rug that meets their religious standards.

Although I was brought up in a culturally and religious conservative culture, as a Baptist I was taught that no one has the right to subpoena your conscience.

Love and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs. The rituals and outward signs are not as important as one’s actions and deeds. Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight about.

It is difficult to generalize about Islam. To begin with, the word itself is commonly used with two related but distinct meanings, as the equivalents both of Christianity, and Christendom.