The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

Because they have been in love they have survived everything that life could throw at them, even their own failures.

Life was cheap in the Middle Ages. It has become cheaper since. It is only in specific battles for specific lives that our culture is put to the test, and with it our humanity.

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.

Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only one day, of modern warfare.