“To the end of history, social orders will probably destroy themselves in an effort to prove they are indestructible.”

“Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is a profound uneasiness about our highest social values.”

“...until the fear of catastrophe amends, or catastrophe itself destroys...”

“Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.”

“Even as rigorous a determinist as Karl Marx, who at times described the social behaviour of the bourgeoisie in terms which suggested a problem in social physics, could subject it at other times to a withering scorn which only the presupposition of moral responsibility could justify.”

“Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.”

“The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. ”