He has fought a good fight and has had to face every difficulty except popularity. Men and Memories

She dealt with moral problems the way a cleaver deals with meat: and in this case she had made up her mind. Dubliners

Not merely in the realm of commerce but in the world of ideas as well our age is organizing a regular clearance sale. Everything is to be had at such a bargain that it is questionable whether in the end there is anybody who will want to bid. Every speculative price-fixer who conscientiously directs attention to the significant march of modern philosophy, every Privatdocent, tutor, and student, every crofter and cottar goes further. Perhaps it would be untimely and ill-timed to ask them where they are going. Fear and Trembling

“Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.” 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos