Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

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.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Constant repetition carries conviction.