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

Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities.

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

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole.

In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked.

We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only by birth, but that he lived and taught as a Jew; the Sermon on the Mount was addressed to his distracted fellow nationals.

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.