"I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion"

"Music is my religion"

"Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth"

"I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point"

"Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it"

"Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there"

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite"

"War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it"

"It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic structure, on society, on politics, etc. It's that everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of nature of life"

"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile"

"Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time"