"The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion"

"Music is my religion"

"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity"

"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual"

"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"

"Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence"

"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"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves"

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

"Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another"