Idealism Quotes

"The possible ranks higher than the actual." "Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism." "All is for the best, in the best of all possible worlds." "We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society" "The world is my idea." "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." "Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist" "Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact" "Reality does not conform to the ideal but confirms it" "I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom" "This is the best of all possible worlds." "We all have a contract with reality that’s bound by trust; the less realistic our ideals are, the more we tend to misinterpret our surroundings." "Comparisons are easily done once you’ve had a taste of perfection" "Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist" "We love evermore everything that isn’t, and are always pining for what could never be. " "Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams" "All plans of government which suppose great reformation in the manners of mankind are plainly imaginary" "The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist. It is by the ideal that we live." "I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man" "I want to be like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and John Lennon but I want to stay alive"