Sissela Bok Quote

Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared.


Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation (1983)


Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared.

Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared.

Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared.

Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared.