I am a plain practical man, not one of your theorists and splitters of hairs and choppers of logic.
I try to be as realistic as possible.
A vague uncritical idealism always lends itself to ridicule and too much of it might be a danger to mankind, leading it round in a futile wild-goose chase for imaginary ideals.
We want men who will fix their eyes on the stars, but who will not forget that their feet must walk on the ground.
I find it's better to focus on what's in front of you and to keep putting one foot in front of the other.
It makes sense to work towards a better world, but it doesn't make any sense to have illusions about what the real world is.
I'm not trying to minimize things; I'm trying to bring them back to reality.
By starting from the ground and tapping into the absolute, uncheatable truth of nature we can make ourselves better
The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
