We Have Had To Learn That History

We Have, On The Whole, More Liberty And Less Equality Than Russia Has. Russia Has Less Liberty And More Equality. Whether Democracy Should Be Defined Primarily In Terms Of Liberty Or Equality Is A Source Of Unending Debate.

The Mastery Of Nature Is Vainly Believed To Be An Adequate Substitute For Self Mastery.

This Insinuation Of The Interests Of The Self Into Even The Most Ideal Enterprises And Most Universal Objectives, Envisaged In Moments Of Highest Rationality, Makes Hypocrisy An Inevitable By Product Of All Virtuous Endeavor.

Freedom Is Necessary For Two Reasons. It's Necessary For The Individual, Because The Individual, No Matter How Good The Society Is, Every Individual Has Hopes, Fears, Ambitions, Creative Urges, That Transcend The Purposes Of His Society. Therefore We Have A Long History Of Freedom, Where People Try To Extricate Themselves From Tyranny For The Sake Of Art, For The Sake Of Science, For The Sake Of Religion, For The Sake Of The Conscience Of The Individual - This Freedom Is Necessary For The Individual.

Humour Is, In Fact, A Prelude To Faith; And Laughter Is The Beginning Of Prayer … Laughter Is Swallowed Up In Prayer And Humour Is Fulfilled By Faith.