We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.
The only reason the Protestants and Catholics have given up the idea of universal domination is because they've realised they can't get away with it.
Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are ''shaggy dog'' stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.
