It is evident, indeed, that such a doctrine, taken by itself in a literal manner, had no future. The world, in continuing to exist, caused it to crumble. One generation of man at the most was the limit of its endurance. The faith of the first Christian generation is intelligible, but the faith of the second generation is no longer so. After the death of John, or of the last survivor, whoever he might be, of the group which had seen the master, the word of Jesus was convicted of falsehood.

Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why.

A nation is a body of people who have done great things together.

The epic disappeared along with the age of personal heroism; there can be no epic with artillery.

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.

Muslims are the first victims of Islam. To liberate a Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him!

A nation has a soul, a spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession of a rich legacy of memories; the other is the desire to live together and to value the common heritage.