We were making the future and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is!

Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American Eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich.

In all ages, far back into prehistory, we find human beings have painted and adorned themselves.

If we suppose a sufficient righteousness and intelligence in men to produce presently, from the tremendous lessons of history, an effective will for a world peace - that is to say, an effective will for a world law under a world government - for in no other fashion is a secure world peace conceivable - in what manner may we expect things to move towards this end? . . . It is an educational task, and its very essence is to bring to the minds of all men everywhere, as a necessary basis for world cooperation, a new telling and interpretation, a common interpretation, of history.

If after all my Atheology turns out wrong and your Theology right I feel I shall always be able to pass into Heaven (if I want to) as a friend of G.K.C.'s. Bless you.

The Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie to and humbug themselves for the general Good. Lies are the mortar that bind the savage individual man into the social masonry.

Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.