“Arrogance is shown in one's respect to the truth.”
“We should never, ever believe life- or history- holds no surprises for us. That way lies arrogance. And arrogance can blind us to the truth . . . Any truth. All truth.”
“Pride is no respecter of persons. The serious thinkers may be humble, and the careless mystics may be arrogant.”
“...if truth were everywhere to be shown, a scarlet letter would blaze forth on many a bosom...”
“no one would be happier than Luther to be commended by the testimony of the time that he had been neither slack nor deceitful in maintaining the course of truth, but had shown quite enough and even too much vehemence.”
“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth”