There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.

A talent for speaking differently, rather than for arguing well is the chief instrument of cultural change.

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.

"True" resembles... a compliment paid to sentences that seem to be paying their way and that fit in with other sentences which are doing so.

What sort of world can we prepare for our great grandchildren?

My principal motive is the belief that we can still make admirable sense of our lives even if we cease to have... an ambition of transcendence.

At 12, I knew that the point of being human was to spend one's life fighting social injustice.