No tribe unites with another of its own free will.

As long as man remains an inquiring animal, there can never be a complete unanimity in our fundamental beliefs. The more diverse our paths, the greater is likely to be the divergence of beliefs.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.

This world of ours has been constructed like a superbly written novel: we pursue the tale with avidity, hoping to discover the plot.

Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool.

I am a rank individualist.