As long as there is poverty there will be gods.

Historically the belief in heaven and the belief in utopia are like compensatory buckets in a well: when one goes down the other comes up. When the classic religions decayed, communistic agitation rose in Athens (430 B.C.), and revolution began in Rome (133 B.C.); when these movements failed, resurrection faiths succeeded, culminating in Christianity; when, in our eighteenth century, Christian belief weakened, communism reappeared. In this perspective the future of religion is secure.

Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day

[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

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.

As long as there is poverty there will be gods.