Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can be found in the words of Christ.

In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

The individual succumbs, but he does not die if he has left something to mankind.

No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.

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.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves; let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can't say good and encouraging things, say nothing. Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.