Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Perhaps it is one secret of their power that, having studied the fluctuations of prices, the [bankers] know that history is inflationary.

Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it.

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

If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Wherever men do things, other men will arise who will explain to them how things should be done.