In its youth a people produce mythology and poetry; in its decadence, philosophy and logic.

Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; but faith survives every desolation.

The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Liberty is a luxury of security; the free individual is a product and a mark of civilization.

Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages.

Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.