In human affairs every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against. There are no final solutions.

Far more critical than what we know or what we don't know is what we don't want to know.

There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative.

If a society is to preserve stability and a degree of continuity, it must learn how to keep its adolescents from imposing their tastes, values, and fantasies on everyday life.

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.

The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.