Idealism is not a reliable guide to the meaning of…

“Revelation is a literary work composed with astonishing care and skill. We should certainly not doubt that John had remarkable visionary experiences, but he…

— Richard Bauckham

When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar images, chosen…

— William H. Hunt

“While it is certainly true that Revelation looks ahead and reveals the future, it also looks back and brings together all the threads running…

— Mark Hitchcock

“The biggest catch need not be grandest at all.”

— Andy Harglesis

They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."

— Yuri Orlov

Women have been charged with deviousness and duplicity since the dawn of civilization so they have never been able to pretend that their masks…

— Germaine Greer

Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but…

— Raymond Chandler

Only the broken-hearted idealist can become a cynic.

— Mark Clifton

I unconsciously decided that, even if it wasn't an ideal world, it should be. So I painted only the ideal aspects of it -…

— Norman Rockwell

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

— Lauren Groff

“David Hume, in a moment of acute skepticism, felt panicky in the solitude of his study and had to go out and join his…

— William Barrett

Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.

— Ronald Reagan

In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism.

— Teresa Heinz

What the nostalgic past and the imaginary future seem to share in common is a form of idealism, perhaps a dream of wholeness. Our…

— Charles D'Ambrosio

“I'm an idealist who has outgrown my idealism I have nothing to do the rest of my life but do it and the rest…

— Jack Kerouac