History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age.

The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions.

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.

The greatest question of our time is not communism vs. individualism, not Europe vs. America, not even the East vs. the West; it is whether men can bear to live without God.

Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

Can a civilization hold together if man abandons his faith in God?

Liberty is a luxury of security; the free individual is a product and a mark of civilization.

From barbarism to civilization requires a century; from civilization to barbarism needs but a day.

Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; but faith survives every desolation.

It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I have not had time to remake the world.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

History is always repeating itself, but each time the price goes up.

Those who know nothing about history are doomed forever to repeat it.

The soul of a civilization is its religion, and it dies with its faith.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences.

Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life...trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour and deal with the decisive moment.