Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.

Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent.

In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.

The fool is disturbed not when they tell him that his ideas are false, but when they suggest that they have gone out of style.

The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply questions.

Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion