“An excuse is a polite rejection. Men are not afraid of 'ruining the friendship.”
“Friendship was a concept men bandied about to save face when they were rejected.”
“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
“Politics ruins the character”
“I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.”
“… my century..is unique in the history of men for two reasons. It is the first century since life began when a decisive part of the most articulate section of mankind has not merely ceased to believe in God, but has deliberately rejected God. And it is the century in which this religious rejection has taken a specifically political form….”