Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.
Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.
Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive.
Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.
I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.
Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.