Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated.
Isaiah BerlinScience cannot destroy the consciousness of freedom, without which there is no morality and no art, but it can refute it.
Isaiah BerlinLiberty and equality, spontaneity and security, happiness and knowledge, mercy and justice - all these are ultimate human values, sought for themselves alone; yet when they are incompatible, they cannot all be attained, choices must be made, sometimes tragic losses accepted in the pursuit of some preferred ultimate end.
Isaiah Berlin