Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

Fundamentalism is the triumph of Paul over Christ.

Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precious good, whose delicate complex of order and freedom, culture and peace, can at any moment be overthrown by barbarians invading from without or multiplying within.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.