“[...] times of great idealism carry equal chances for great corruptibility.” — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
The light that shined upon the summit now seems almost to shine at our feet. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Fairy tales and myths are forms of cultural storage for the natural history of life. — William Irwin Thompson Copy Share Image
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college. — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
Every materialist will be an idealist; but an idealist can never go backward to be a materialist. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
The priceless treasure of boyhood is his endless enthusiasm, his high store of idealism, his affections and his hopes. When we preserve… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
It is curious that Christianity, which is idealism, is sturdily defended by the brokers, and steadily attacked by the idealists. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Hatred can be nurtured anywhere, idealism can be perverted into sadism anywhere. If hatred and sadism combine with modern technology the inferno… — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism! — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“If you ask me, my ideal would be the society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. An ideal society should be mobile… — Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace or creed or… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as… — Bill de Blasio Copy Share Image
“You know, the whole thing about perfectionism. The perfectionism is very dangerous. Because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Something died in the American people on November 22, 1963—call it idealism, innocence or the quest for moral excellence. It is the… — James Shelby Downard Copy Share Image
I see the world in ways that might be considered somewhat harsh and Darwinistic. At the same time mediated, as in Darwin,… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
In the Gospels, for instance, we sometimes find the kingdom of heaven illustrated by principles drawn from observation of this world rather… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Are we truly committed to the notion that ideals and values vary and alter in accordance with changing conditions? Should we not… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Art is beauty, and every exposition of art, whether it be music, painting, or the drama, should be subservient to that one… — Julia Marlowe Copy Share Image
“The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with being proud of America, believing that America can do great things. America can do great things, it has… — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
I think that idealism is always there in America. It's a spirit that's been subverted lately, and sold down the river to… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
It is not realistic or hard-headed to solve problems and take action unguided by ultimate moral aims and values, although we all… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
“It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word all sensible objects have an… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“When the business man rebukes the idealism of his office-boy, it is commonly in some such speech as this: "Ah, yes, when… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“In the end idealism annoyed Bouvard. ‘I don’t want any more of it: the famous cogito is a bore. The ideas of… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
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