Isaiah Berlin

"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment, for the stimulation of our senses and imagination."

"Great works of art are not propaganda."

"The universe is not arranged in our favor."

"Science is a marvellous instrument, but it is just an instrument."

"Knowledge is power, but not the only kind of power that matters."

"The idea of inevitable progress is an illusion."

"Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."

"Faith is a form of knowledge, not the opposite of knowledge."

"The worst kind of tyranny is the tyranny of the best."

"You cannot make omelettes without breaking eggs, but you may break eggs without making omelettes."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."

"Every utopia contains the seeds of its own dystopia."

"The greatest minds are not the most powerful, but the most imaginative."

"History is a graveyard of utopian schemes."

"Tolerance is the highest political virtue."

"The demand for certainty is the root of all dogmatism."

"Beauty is not the opposite of utility."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"We are dying creatures surrounded by dying creatures in a dying world."

"The desire to understand human nature is the desire to understand oneself."

"Ignorance is not bliss; it is the source of most human suffering."

"The greatest political question is always about power."

"War is not the worst thing that can happen to human beings."

"Peace without justice is oppression."

"The only way to live a good life is to act justly."

"Virtue cannot be taught; it can only be practiced."

"The educated mind is the free mind."

"Literature is the record of human experience."

"The novel is the highest form of democratic art."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."