Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Every advantage has its tax

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits