Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.

The religion of the atheist has a God-shaped blank at it's heart.

...the voice was indisputable. It continued to swear with that breadth and variety that distinguishes the swearing of a cultivated man.

I don't think you fully appreciate the importance of Illusion in life, the Essential Nature of Lies and Deception of the body politic.

Our true nationality is mankind.

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.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.