"The only important political distinction in the area is that between the use of force and the use of persuasion"

Richard Rorty. Contingency, irony, and solidarity

"La veritat amb prou feines ocupa més de tres línies"

Günter Grass

"Orwell, it may be said, came to respect the old bourgeois virtues because they were stupid -that is, because they resisted the power of abstract ideas. And he came to love things, material possessions, for the same reason"

Lionel Trilling

"Puesto que la amistad es incompatible con la verdad, el único diálogo que vale la pena es el que mantenemos con nuestros enemigos."

Emil Cioran

"Except for the nine firts months of its existence, no human being manages its affairs as well as a plant"

Bernard Shaw

"A problem well put is half-solved"

John Dewey

"Some ideas are so foolish that only an intellectual could believe them, for no ordinary man could be such a fool"

George Orwell

"El que no és tradició és plagi"

Eugeni d'Ors

"There is no reason why an authentic prophet should be likable"

Harold Bloom

"Benjamin said it is the task of the leftist thinker not to ride the train of history but to apply the brake"

Slavoj Žižek

"No se muestra la grandeza situándose en un extremo, sino tocando ambos a la vez"

Pascal

"Un radical generalmente significa un hombre que pensó que podía de alguna forma arrancar la raíz sin afectar la flor" 

G. K. Chesterton

"Cultivando nuestras virtudes cultivamos también nuestros defectos"

Goethe

"Contra lo que suele suponerse, el único modo de soportar la vida es tomándosela en serio"

Arcadi Espada

¡Pobre pueblo, el que se cree superior a sus políticos!

Gregorio Luri

"Lo superfluo es enemigo de lo necesario"

Friedrich Nietzsche. Segunda consideración intempestiva

"The only thing harder than to govern a nation of siners is to govern a nation of saints"

Mark Lilla

"I willingly accept that the bulk of the people sincerely supports the welfare of the country; (...) what they always lack, more or less, is the skill to judge the means to achieve this sincerely desired end"

Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy in America

"Quan un amic meu és borni, el miro de perfil"

Joubert

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself"

Leo Tolstoy

"La més alta virtut de l'home civilitzat és la capacitat real o aparent d'oblit. Una societat construïda i pacificada es basa en un entrellat de mutus menyspreus passius"

Josep Pla. El quadern gris

"La exhibición de sexo y carne en la calle es peor que un pecado: es de un intolerable mal gusto"

Oscar Wilde

‎"Indignation is a bad counselor. Our indignation proves at best that we are well meaning. It does not prove that we are right".

Leo Strauss. Natural Right & History

"It is a profound truth that a well-ordered house is a dangerous thing"

Scholem. The messianic idea of Judaism

‎"If nothing else, the Heidegger case had taught him a very Platonic lesson: in eros begin responsibilities"

Mark Lilla. The reckless mind