Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.

The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd.

So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer.

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most