Immaturity means self-centeredness, inability to compromise, to rise above hurt feelings, to postpone immediate pleasures in favor of future benefits, or to do unpleasant chores when they need to be done.

I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.

Anxiety and conscience are a powerful pair of dynamos. Between them, they have ensured that I shall work hard, but they cannot ensure that one shall work at anything worthwhile.

So-called racial characteristics are not really racial at all but are due to the historical experiences of the communities in question.

Of the twenty or so civilizations known to modern Western historians, all except our own appear to be dead or moribund, and, when we diagnose each case... we invariably find that the cause of death has been either War or Class or some combination of the two.

Man's true end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him for ever.

Nothing fails like success when you rely on it too much.