If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.

You never realize a dog is a man's best friend until you start betting on horses.

Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees...

Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.

A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.

Be these people either Conservatives or Socialists, Yellows or Reds, the most important thing is - and that is the point I want to stress - that all of them are right in the plain and moral sense of the word.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.