I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.

The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story.

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.

I should have known better. Pro-life arguments are now based on scientific evidence and the pro-choice arguments are not. That is a cultural, historical fact.

In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective.

Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead.

The idea - the core idea of humanism - is that the act of reading about great deeds will lead you to imitate them.