Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.

If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.

One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England