“Using insult instead of argument is the sign of a small mind.”

“Attacking the person instead of the argument is condemned in logic, widespread in physics, and not used nearly enough in humanism.”

“Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously.”

“Some people put up a peace sign with one hand. Some people put up the middle finger instead. I use two hands and put up both.”

“One can indeed try to obtain a particular result either by the use of violence or by speech aimed at securing the adherence of minds. It is in terms of this alternative that the opposition between spiritual freedom and constraint is most clearly seen. The use of argumentation implies that one has renounced resorting to force alone, that value is attached to gaining the adherence of one's interlocutor by means of reasoned persuasion, and that one is not regarding him as an object, but appealing to his free judgment. Recourse to argumentation assumes the establishment of a community of minds, which, while it lasts, excludes the use of violence.”

“Father sighed. “Please spare me these arguments of yours.” “Whose arguments should I use?”