Quotes about Idealism

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Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup. — H.L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques
The idealist hopes. The romantic sees doom. The postmodernist sees doom and hopes. — Bauvard, Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic
Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today. — Ayn Rand
See the exquisite contrast of the types of mind! The pragmatist clings to facts and concreteness, observes truth at its — William James, Pragmatism and Other Writings
As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance. — Susan Neiman, Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists
Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential. — Ayn Rand
One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them. — Susan Neiman, Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists
I prefer truth-based entertaining idealism. — Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza
Saya akan lebih mendulukan kebenaran-kebenaran universal, bukan hutang budi, bukan kewajiban moral dan bukan juga pengab — Putu Wijaya, Gres
There was only one guy in the whole Bible Jesus ever personally promised a place with him in Paradise. Not Peter, not Pa — Neil Gaiman, American Gods
In the end idealism annoyed Bouvard. ‘I don’t want any more of it: the famous cogito is a bore. The ideas of things are — Gustave Flaubert, Bouvard and Pecuchet
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theo — Karl R. Popper
Once people said: Give me liberty or give me death. Now they say: Make me a slave, just pay me enough. — Todd Garlington
My sense of the holy is bound up with the hope that some day my remote descendants will live in a global civilization in — Richard M. Rorty
Most of the time we are too critical to ourselves that we don't see worth in small achievements and feel I could done be — The Idealist Merchant
Never choose between your heart or brain. Neither instincts nor anything perfectly planned is always right. Follow what — The Idealist Merchant
We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are — Kilroy J. Oldster
They wish to build a new and better world, and I would be glad if they could succeed, and if I saw any hope of success I — Upton Sinclair, Dragon's Teeth I
At first I protested and rebelled against poetry. I was about to deny my poetic worlds. I was doing violence to my illus — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934