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I Don't Think I Have Made As Much Of My Life As I Should Have. I Should Have Written More Books.

The Great Religious Ages Were Notable For Their Indifference To Human Rights... Not Only For Acquiescence In Poverty, Inequality, Exploitation And Oppression, But Also For Enthusiastic Justifications For Slavery, Persecution, Abandonment Of Small Children, Torture, And Genocide... Moreover, Religion Enshrined Hierarchy, Authority, And Inequality... It Was The Age Of Equality That Brought About The Disappearance Of Such Religious Appurtenances As The Auto-da-fe And Burning At The Stake.

The Passion For Tidiness Is The Historian's Occupational Disease.

Excellence Is The Eternal Quest. We Achieve It By Living Up To Our Highest Intellectual Standards And Our Finest Moral Intuitions. In Seeking Excellence, Take Life Seriously-but Never Yourself!

Those Who Are Convinced They Have A Monopoly On The Truth Always Feel That They Are Only Saving The World When They Slaughter The Heretics.