Sidney HookThinkers

Antisemitism is rife in almost all varieties of socialism.

Democracy's central assumption and ideology is that people are the best judges of their own interest, such that 'whoever wears the shoe knows best where it pinches.'.

Education is largly remembered by remembering teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

The Liberal arts is concerned with imparting an awareness of the amazing and precious complexity of human relationships. Since those relationships are violated more often out of insensitiveness than out of deliberate intent, whatever increases sensitiveness of perception and understanding humanizes life.

Philosophy is most broadly viewed, the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

Science is different from religion in that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.

Stupidity is sometimes the greatest of historical forces.

Tolerance always has limits. It cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.

Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs.