It was the mystical dogma of Bentham and Adam Smith and the rest, that some of the worst of human passions would turn out to be all for the best. It was the mysterious doctrine that selfishness would do the work of unselfishness.

To do Mohammed justice, his main attack was against the idolatries of Asia. Only he thought, just as the Arians did and just as the Unitarians do, that he could attack them better with a greater approximation to plain theism. What distinguishes his heresy from anything like an Arian or Albigensian heresy is that, as it sprang up on the borders of Christendom, it could spread outwards to a barbaric world.

No man must be superior to the things that are common to men.... Not only are we all in the same boat, but we are all seasick.

Wherever there is animal worship, there is human sacrifice.

Surprise is the secret of joy.

I am a journalist and have no earthly motives except curiosity and personal vanity.

Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.