Mark Twain:
When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question every Mohammedan is insane, not in all things, but in religious matters. When a thoughtful and unblessed Mohammedan examines the Westminster Catechism, he knows that beyond any question I am spiritually insane. I cannot prove to him that he is insane, because you never can prove anything to a lunatic — for that is a part of his insanity and the evidence of it. He cannot prove to me that I am insane, for my mind has the same defect that afflicts his. . . . When I look around me, I am often troubled to see how many people are mad.
Most people quote this out of context (as I have done to make my point; it's always easy to make a point by quoting out of context, as we Freemasons are all too well aware, it having been done to us for three hundred years). Anyway, the whole thing is even more edifying and is true and classic Twain. And it's even more interesting when you realize who he's really railing about.
