Cultural creation... begins where chaos and insecurity end.
History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age.
The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.
Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.
As long as there is poverty there will be gods.
Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals