The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice.

Even the most broad-minded of us can embrace only that part of truth into which our own snout has blundered.

As the old proverb says: "Well-fed horses don't rampage.

Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to do what is right.

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.

As for Europe, its claims towards Russia are fairly transparently based on fears about energy, unjustified fears at that.

When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.