Susan Neiman Quotes

As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance.

You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.

Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lead to one guillotine or another.

Whatever else you may need to get clarity, you must start with open eyes.

One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them.

Philosophy's greatest task is to enlarge our sense of possibility.