The aim of all education is, or should be, to teach people to educate themselves.

The aim of all education is, or should be, to teach people to educate themselves.

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

We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destinies. I am not a determinist. But I also believe that the decisive choice is seldom the latest choice in the series. More often than not, it will turn out to be some choice made relatively far back in the past.

Adversity in the things of this world opens the door for spiritual salvation.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake.