Historians Exercise Great Power And Some Of

I Don’t Think It’s Quite That Simple. Some People Never Observe Anything, Life Just Happens To Them. They Get By On Little More Than A Kind Of Dumb Persistence, And They Resist With Anger And Resentment Anything That Might Lift Them Out Of That False Serenity.

Every Judgment Teeters On The Brink Of Error. To Claim Absolute Knowledge Is To Become Monstrous. Knowledge Is An Unending Adventure At The Edge Of Uncertainty.

These Are Illusions Of Popular History Which Successful Religion Must Promote: Evil Men Never Prosper; Only The Brave Deserve The Fair; Honesty Is The Best Policy; Actions Speak Louder Than Words; Virtue Always Triumpths; A Good Deed Is Its Own Rewards; Any Bad Human Can Be Reformed; Religious Talismans Protect One From Demon Possession; Only Females Understand The Ancient Mysteries; The Rich Are Doomed To Unhappiness

Beware Of The Truth, Gentle Sister. Although Much Sought After, Truth Can Be Dangerous To The Seeker. Myths And Reassuring Lies Are Much Easier To Find And Believe. If You Find A Truth, Even A Temporary One, It Can Demand That You Make Painful Changes. Conceal Your Truths Within Words. Natural Ambiguity Will Protect You Then.

I Now Believe That Evolution, Or Deevolution, Never Ends Short Of Death, That No Society Has Ever Achieved An Absolute Pinnacle, That All Humans Are Not Created Equal. In Fact, I Believe Attempts To Create Some Abstract Equalization Create A Morass Of Injustices That Rebound On The Equalizers. Equal Justice And Equal Opportunity Are Ideals We Should Seek, But We Should Recognize That Humans Administer The Ideals And That Humans Do Not Have Equal Ability.