If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no independent commitment to ideas, it is having an excess of commitment to some special and constricting idea.

Quote by Richard Hofstadter

Topics: Commitment Quotes, Mind Quotes

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it...

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it...

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it...

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism...

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout...

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a...

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a...

Commitment leads to action and action brings your dreams closer.

Commitment leads to action and action brings your dreams closer.

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

I love my relationship with my bed. No commitment needed. We just sleep together every...

I love my relationship with my bed. No commitment needed. We just sleep together every...

Commitment doesn't scare me, the thought of committing to the wrong person does.

Commitment doesn't scare me, the thought of committing to the wrong person does.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit...

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit...

Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives us the right stuff to...

Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives us the right stuff to...

In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in...

In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in...

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence,...

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence,...

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of...

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of...

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more...

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more...

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable...

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable...

The first thing to be disrupted by our commitment to nonviolence will be not the...

The first thing to be disrupted by our commitment to nonviolence will be not the...

Sometimes people decide to be just friends even their feeling is mutual. Not because love...

Sometimes people decide to be just friends even their feeling is mutual. Not because love...

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.