Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.
Sidney HookReligious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of religious inquiry.
Sidney HookStudents rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.
Sidney HookThe easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.
Sidney HookRussell's prose has been compared by T.S. Eliot to that of David Hume's. I would rank it higher, for it had more color, juice, and humor. But to be lucid, exciting and profound in the main body of one's work is a combination of virtues given to few philosophers. Bertrand Russell has achieved immortality by his philosophical writings.
Sidney Hook