"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend"

"Music is my religion"

"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next"

"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"

"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"

"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next"

"I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity"

"Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics"

"Where knowledge ends, religion begins"

"Our philosophy is that we care about people first"

"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science"