Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.

There is a social responsibility to take care of vulnerable people. It seems that a sensible social responsibility is obligatory education, but also decent education, and that is not happening.

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.

The more privilege you have, the more opportunity you have. The more opportunity you have, the more responsibility you have.