There is no real education that does not respond to felt need; anything else acquired is trifling display.
Allan BloomChildren tend to be rather better observers of adults' characters than adults are of children's, because children are so dependent on adults that it is very much in their interest to discover the weaknesses of their elders.
Allan BloomAuthentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.
Allan BloomThe artist is the most interesting of all phenomena, for he represents creativity, the definition of man.
Allan Bloom