“History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.”

“The malice of a true Christian attempting to destroy an opponent is something unique in the world. No other religion ever considered it necessary to destroy others because they did not share the sa...”

“But like so many others nowadays, poor Julian wanted to believe that man's life is profoundly more significant than it is. His sickness was the sickness of our age. We want so much not to be exting...”

“It is curious how little interested we are in the sexual desires of those who do not attract us.”

“...is not all philosophy but preparation for a serene dying?”

“Since nothing is free, to each his price.”

“History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.”

“The malice of a true Christian attempting to destroy an opponent is something unique in the world. No other religion ever considered it necessary to destroy others because they did not share the sa...”

“I felt sorry for the inhabitants and went into the forest to admonish the wolf in God's name not to eat any more sheep. I called him, he cameand do you know what his answer was? 'Francis, Francis,'...”

“Actually, it meant a great deal: a very great deal. You don't have to believe that God exists to see that a story in which God takes on human form is a very different story from one in which God cr...”