True knowledge is knowledge of why things are as they are, and not merely what they are.

All central beliefs on human matters spring from a personal predicament.

When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed.

Liberty 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.

Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

To understand is to perceive patterns.

Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.