“I believe in nothing here, except a handful of people, a few ideas, and the fact that one cannot arrest movement. ”

“In the economy of Nature, nothing is ever lost. I cannot believe that the soul of man shall prove the one exception.”

“One does not learn anything except by believing something, and -- conversely -- if one doubts everything one learns nothing. On the other hand, believing everything uncritically is the road to disaster. The faculty of doubt is essential. But as I have argued, rational doubt always rests on faith and not vice versa. The relationship between the two cannot be reversed. ”

“One cannot launch a new history — the idea is altogether unthinkable; there would not be the continuity and tradition. Tradition cannot be contrived or learned. In its absence one has, at the best, not history but ‘progress’ — the mechanical movement of a clock hand, not the sacred succession of interlinked events.”

“I believe poor people are good people, except the ones that are mean . . .”

“Drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested.”