To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
In Constantinople, more Christians were slaughtered by Christians in the years 342-343 than by all the persecutions by pagans in the history of Rome.
A civilization is born Stoic and dies Epicurean.
History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age.
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.
The greatest question of our time is not communism vs. individualism, not Europe vs. America, not even the East vs. the West; it is whether men can bear to live without God.