That Is The Supreme Value Of History.

Civilisation Is A Conspiracy.

There May Be Peace Without Joy, And Joy Without Peace, But The Two Combined Make Happiness.

I Believe That Every Man Has In His Soul A Passion For Treasure-hunting, Which Will Often Drive A Coward Into Prodigies Of Valour.

It Was Foreordained That I Should Go Alone To Umvelos', And In The Promptings Of My Own Infallible Heart I Believed I Saw The Workings Of Omnipotence. Such Is Our Moral Arrogance, And Yet Without Such A Belief I Think That Mankind Would Have Ever Been Content To Bide Sluggishly At Home.

You Think That A Wall As Solid As The Earth Separates Civilization From Barbarism. I Tell You The Division Is A Thread, A Sheet Of Glass. A Touch Here, A Push There, And You Bring Back The Reign Of Saturn.