To Seek, Beneath The Universal Strife, The

There Have Been Only 268 Of The Past 3,421 Years Free Of War.

To Rulers Religion, Like Almost Everything Else, Is A Tool Of Power.

The Great Snare Of Thought Is Uncritical Acceptance Of Irrational Assumptions.

Civilizations Come And Go; They Conquer The Earth And Crumble Into Dust; But Faith Survives Every Desolation.

If I Were Rich I Would Have Many Books, And I Would Pamper Myself With Bindings Bright To The Eye And Soft To The Touch, Paper Generously Opaque, And Type Such As Men Designed When Printing Was Very Young. I Would Dress My Gods In Leather And Gold, And Burn Candles Of Worship Before Them At Night, And String Their Names Like Beads On A String.