It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.

Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.

Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic and political life must work to overcome useless and counterproductive polarisation, and to find solutions to domestic, regional and international problems.

The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.

Times have changed; so must the lenses through which we see the political future.