I never made the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
I was never less alone than while by myself.
In the end more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. When the Athenians finally wanted to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free.
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
We live in a vastly complex society which has been able to provide us with a multitude of material things, and this is good, but people are beginning to suspect that we have paid a high spiritual price for our plenty. |
