“No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much.”
“Socrates became a trendsetter. Other philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle and Gus, quickly followed suit, dropping their last names too. And, for centuries after that there would be countless imitators including oltaire, Michelangelo, and, much later, Cher.”
“It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.”
“Too much has been given and too much has been lost.”
“world is not destroying because the standard of living has been deteriorated, it is destroying because the standard of faith is deteriorated.”
“Has there ever been a country that, once colonized, avoided civil war?”