If Conquerors Be Regarded As The Engine-drivers

Aggressiveness Is Not The Main Trouble With The Human Species, But Rather An Excess Capacity For Fanatical Devotion.

One May Not Regard The World As A Sort Of Metaphysical Brothel For Emotions.

Chemically Induced Hallucinations, Delusions And Raptures May Be Frightening Or Wonderfully Gratifying; In Either Case They Are In The Nature Of Confidence Tricks Played On One's Own Nervous System.

When A Person Identifies Himself With A Group His Critical Faculties Are Diminished And His Passions Enhanced By A Kind Of Emotive Resonance. The Individual Is Not A Killer, The Group Is, And By Identifying With It, The Individual Becomes One. This Is The Infernal Dialect Reflected In Man's History.

Faith Is A Wondrous Thing; It Is Not Only Capable Of Moving Mountains, But Also Of Making You Believe That A Herring Is A Race Horse.