Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

I come only to ask a simple question. Is Muad'Dib's death to be followed by the moral suicide of all men? Is that the inevitable aftermath of a Messiah?

In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other.
That was the end of holiness for both churches.

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them

Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-- they cannot work and their civilization collapses

Italy have made so much progress this year and, to be honest, I think they have played better than us in this championship.