What Really Makes Science Grow Is New

If You Know That Things Are Bound To Happen Whatever You Do, Then You May Feel Free To Give Up The Fight Against Them.

. . . It Seems To Me Certain That More People Are Killed Out Of Righteous Stupidity Than Out Of Wickedness.

The Future Is Always Present, As A Promise, A Lure And A Temptation.

Philosophers Should Consider The Fact That The Greatest Happiness Principle Can Easily Be Made An Excuse For A Benevolent Dictatorship. We Should Replace It By A More Modest And More Realistic Principle - The Principle That The Fight Against Avoidable Misery Should Be A Recognized Aim Of Public Policy, While The Increase Of Happiness Should Be Left, In The Main, To Private Initiative.

The War Of Ideas Is A Greek Invention. It Is One Of The Most Important Inventions Ever Made. Indeed, The Possibility Of Fighting With With Words And Ideas Instead Of Fighting With Swords Is The Very Basis Of Our Civilization, And Especially Of All Its Legal And Parliamentary Institutions.