One Of The Many Pleasures Of Old

The Hallmark Of Religion Is To Distrust Claims Made For Mortal Men. It Is In Ages Of Great Religious Faith That Great Skepticism Can Find Expression.

The Skyscrapers Began To Rise Again, Frailly Massive, Elegantly Utilitarian, Images In Their Grace, Audacity And Inconclusiveness, Of The Whole Character Of The People Who Produces Them.

The Only People I've Met In This World Who Never Doubt Are Materialists And Atheists.

I Think That Once You've Produced A Conformist, A Totally Conformist Society, A Society In Which There Were No Critics, That Would In Fact Be An Exact Equivalent Of The Totalitarian Societies Against Which We Are Supposed To Be Fighting In A Cold War.

The Truth Is That A Lost Empire, Lost Power And Lost Wealth Provide Perfect Circumstances For Living Happily And Contentedly In Our Enchanted Island.