Those Who Know Nothing About History Are

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

In Philosophy, As In Politics, The Longest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line.

Tolerance Grows Only When Faith Loses Certainty; Certainty Is Murderous.

That A Few Simple Men Should In One Generation Have Invented So Powerful And Appealing A Personality, So Lofty Ethic, And So Inspiring A Vision Of Human Brotherhood, Would Be A Miracle Far More Incredible Than Any Recorded In The Gospels.

The Islamic Conquest Of India Is Probably The Bloodiest Story In History. It Is A Discouraging Tale, For Its Evident Moral Is That Civilization Is A Precious Good, Whose Delicate Complex Of Order And Freedom, Culture And Peace, Can At Any Moment Be Overthrown By Barbarians Invading From Without Or Multiplying Within.