Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for inequality, and acts as a read more

There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for inequality, and acts as a permanent reminder that medicine is not food. Hence a man’s reaction to monarchy is a kind of test. Monarchy can easily be ‘debunked;' but watch the faces, mark the accents of the debunkers. These are the men whose tap-root in Eden has been cut: whom no rumour of the polyphony, the dance, can reach - men to whom pebbles laid in a row are more beautiful than an arch. Yet even if they desire equality, they cannot reach it. Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

The problem with people is that they're only human.

The problem with people is that they're only human.

You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else.

You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

Men become old, but they never become good

Men become old, but they never become good