11 Quotes Found
"It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own."
"To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy."
"We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form."
"A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours."
"Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man."
"Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater."
"The enemies of freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot."
"True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values."
"The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values."
"Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art."
"Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next."