Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.

Being a good neighbour is about compassion, which is as warm-blooded as justice is cool-headed.

Being able and willing to complain is what makes us rational and moral animals, capable of seeing and articulating the difference between how things are and how they should be.

The mark of a mature, psychologically healthy mind is indeed the ability to live with uncertainty and ambiguity, but only as much as there really is. Uncertainty is no virtue when the facts are clear, and ambiguity is mere obfuscation when more precise terms are applicable.

Being editor of WikiLeaks was always a pretty difficult job.

Being virtuous is wonderful thing, but feeling virtuous is a shortcut to vice.