“The only thing that has kept the race of men from the mad extremes of the convent and the pirate-galley, the night-club and the lethal chamber, has been mysticism - the belief that logic is misleading, and that things are not what they seem.” MenHas BeensSeemsNightBeliefRaceLogicMadClubsExtremesMysticismChamberMisleadPirateNight ClubThings Are Not What They Seem Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Few things have done more harm than the belief on the part of individuals or groups (or tribes or states or nations or churches) that he or she or they are in sole possession of the truth: especially about how to live, what to be and do - and that those who differ from them are not merely mistaken, but wicked or mad: and need restraining or suppressing.” NeedsStatesDoneIndividualBeliefNationsChurchGroupsMadPossessionHarmWickedSoleMistakenTribesSuppressingRestraining Author:Isaiah Berlin