I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning mans future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring. – Julien Benda
Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace. – Julien Benda
And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. – Julien Benda
Catch a vista of maples in that long light and you see Autumn glowing through the leaves…. The promise of gold and crimson is there among the branches, though as yet it is achieved on only a stray branch, an impatient limb or an occasional small tree which has not yet learned to time its changes. – Hal Borland