The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

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

The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose.

The world's greatest need . . . is mutual confidence. No human being ever knows all the secrets of another's heart. Yet there is enough confidence between mother and child, husband and wife, buyer and seller . . . to make social life a practical possibility. Confidence may be risky, but it is nothing like so risky as mistrust.

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

History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff - well, it might as well be dead.