... when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief.

To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with them.

Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.

One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him.

A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.