To Rulers Religion, Like Almost Everything Else,

How Much More Suffering Is Caused By The Thought Of Death Than By Death Itself.

So I Should Say That Civilizations Begin With Religion And Stoicism: They End With Scepticism And Unbelief, And The Undisciplined Pursuit Of Individual Pleasure. A Civilization Is Born Stoic And Dies Epicurean.

In Philosophy, As In Politics, The Longest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line.

As Long As There Is Poverty There Will Be Gods.

Who Will Dare To Write A History Of Human Goodness?