To Think And To Be Fully Alive

To Expect Truth To Come From Thinking Signifies That We Mistake The Need To Think With The Urge To Know.

Every Organization Of Men, Be It Social Or Political, Ultimately Relies On Man's Capacity For Making Promises And Keeping Them.

... The Loss Of Belief In Future States Is Politically, Though Certainly Not Spiritually, The Most Significant Distinction Betweenour Present Period And The Centuries Before. And This Loss Is Definite. For No Matter How Religious Our World May Turn Again, Or How Much Authentic Faith Still Exists In It, Or How Deeply Our Moral Values May Be Rooted In Our Religious Systems, The Fear Of Hell Is No Longer Among The Motives Which Would Prevent Or Stimulate The Actions Of A Majority.

If We Do Not Know Our Own History, We Are Doomed To Live It As Though It Were Our Private Fate.

Power Is Actualized Only When Word And Deed Have Not Parted Company.