Even when we strive for perfection , life is nothing more than an attempt to achieve it through a series of greater or smaller imperfections.

- Peter Prange

The Encyclopedia - the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment.

- Peter Prange

One is bound to one's wife, but has a bond to one's mistress.

- Peter Prange

Anything we do to fight misery and ignorance and poverty, no matter how imperfect it may be, is still better than doing nothing at all.

- Peter Prange

In order to exert influence over people, there were other things that could be used besides love. Knowledge seemed to be an equally strong force, per…

- Peter Prange

Instead of discussing with myself every morning whether I feel inspired or not, I step into my office every day at nine sharp, open the window and po…

- Peter Prange

Books are never harmless...they either strengthen us or they weaken us in our faith. Some of them do this even as they entertain us, others as they t…

- Peter Prange

Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.

- Peter Prange

Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go.

- Peter Prange