“Man … feels lost without the direction-finder provide by progress.”

Source: Man to Man: Rediscovering Masculinity in a Challenging World (2020), p. 5

Nobel lecture (1978)
Context: Not only has our generation lost faith in Providence but also in man himself, in his institutions and often in those who are nearest to him. In their despair a number of those who no longer have confidence in the leadership of our society look up to the writer, the master of words. They hope against hope that the man of talent and sensitivity can perhaps rescue civilization. Maybe there is a spark of the prophet in the artist after all.

The Mark of the Beast.
Life's Handicap (1891)

L'Unité d'un Homme (November 1994), quoted in The Times (21 November 1994), p. 11
President of the European Commission

Vol. I : Preface (1772)
Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion (1772–1774)
Context: The mind of man will never be able to contemplate the being, perfections, and providence of God without meeting with inexplicable difficulties. We may find sufficient reason for acquiescing in the darkness which involves these great subjects, but we must never expect to see them set in a perfectly clear light. But notwithstanding this, we may know enough of the divine being, and of his moral government, to make us much better and happier beings than we could be without such knowledge; and even the consideration of the insuperable difficulties referred to above is not without its use, as it tends to impress the mind with sentiments of reverence, humility, and submission.

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 78

Source: Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), p.13