So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.

Most human beings have an absolute and infinite capacity for taking things for granted

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.