Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith, requires necessary illusions and emotionally potent oversimplifications, which are provided by the myth maker to keep the ordinary person on course.

For democracy is a method of finding proximate solutions for insoluble problems.

History is a realm in which human freedom and natural necessity are curiously intermingled.

The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.