The Only Ultimate Disaster That Can Befall

The Dogmatism Of Science Has Become A New Orthodoxy, Disseminated By The Media And A State Educational System With A Thoroughness And Subtlety Far Exceeding Anything Of The Kind Achieved By The Inquisition; To The Point That To Believe Today In A Miraculous Happening Like The Virgin Birth Is To Appear A Kind Of Imbecile.

Contrary To What Might Be Expected, I Look Back On Experiences That At The Time Seemed Especially Desolating And Painful With Particular Satisfaction. Indeed, I Can Say With Complete Truthfulness That Everything I Have Learned In My Seventy-five Years In This World, Everything That Has Truly Enhanced And Enlightened My Existence, Has Been Through Affliction And Not Through Happiness, Whether Pursued Or Attained

There Is Something Ridiculous And Even Quite Indecent In An Individual Claiming To Be Happy. Still More A People Or A Nation Making Such A Claim. The Pursuit Of Happiness Is Without Any Question The Most Fatuous Which Could Possibly Be Undertaken. This Lamentable Phrase - The Pursuit Of Happiness - Is Responsible For A Good Part Of The Ills And Miseries Of The Modern World.

Animistic Savages Prostrating Themselves Before A Painted Stone Have Always Seemed To Me To Be Nearer The Truth Than Any Einstein Or Bertrand Russell.

People Do Not Believe Lies Because They Have To, But Because They Want To.