I think forgiveness plays a very important part in Western society and it comes from the Judeo Christian heritage.
Ibn WarraqEach time you admire the faรงade of the New York Public Library, you are paying homage to Western civilization.
Ibn WarraqThe origins of the modern West are often seen in the Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, but the roots of the Enlightenment can be found in habits of mind cultivated in Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem, and the institutions that grew from them.
Ibn Warraq