A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.

We teach more by what we are than by what we teach.

Underneath all civilization, ancient or modern, moved and still moves a sea of magic, superstition, and sorcery. Perhaps they will remain when the works of our reason have passed away.

Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.

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

Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished for a moment and then began to die.

To rulers religion, like almost everything else, is a tool of power.