I have grown used to the fact that public repentance is the most unacceptable option for the modern politician.
History is too slow for our life, for our hearts.
We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.
There can be no acceptable future without an honest analysis of the past.
... scientists have made no clear effort to become an important, independently active force of mankind. Whole congresses at a time, they back away from the suffering of others; it is more comfortable to stay within the bounds of science.