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

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

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

Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty.

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

As knowledge grew, fear decreased; men thought less of worshiping the unknown, and more of overcoming it.

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.