I did not and do not think of the solidity-liquidity conundrum as a dichotomy; I view those two conditions as a couple locked, inseparably, in a dialectical bond.

You judge a society by the decency of living of the weakest

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to use, when compared with the heavy, slow-moving, messy real stuff.

Questioning the ostensibly unquestionable premises of our way of life is arguably the most urgent of services we owe our fellow humans and ourselves.

For one to be free there must be at least two.

You are a stranger, I am a stranger, we all remain strangers, and nevertheless we can like or even love each other.

The rationality of the ruled is always the weapon of the rulers.

We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.

The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.

The value of other people is that they have something unique to offer.

Aim low and you won't be disappointed.

A brother's sympathy is more precious than an angel's embassy.

The nicest thing about creating ideas is that even when you finish your travelling, they continue their journey!

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.

That gloomy outside, like a rusty chest, contains the shoring treasure of a soul resolved and brave.

The practical reality of managing cars in the family - I do 36-month leases. I think they're horrible investments. And you want to give them back after their warranty is over.

I don't give a damn what people think.

Men like to squash you. I just want someone who's happy with himself, happy with his life. He doesn't have to squash mine.

Apartheid - both petty and grand - is obviously evil.

You can't start a fire in the pouring rain.