It has become too easy to see that the luckless men of the past lived by mistakes, even absurd beliefs, so we may well fail in a decent respect for them, and forget that historians of the future will point out that we too lived by myths.

The sense of community is indispensable...to full self-realization.

Religion can no longer rest its claims on a dogmatic supernaturalism, because any dogma that is irreconcilable with tested knowledge must be rejected... One sentence ... sums up the dark and deadly pages of Chistian history: If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises, and even outright government subsidies.

Few have heard of Fra Luca Pacioli, the inventor of double-entry bookkeeping but he has probably had much more influence on human life than has Dante or Michelangelo.