In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
We all have idealism. We think we're healthy and then, all of a sudden, one day, you have cancer. The truth has… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“I became a communist because later on I was going to become a Christian.” — Joy Davidman Copy Share Image
“Never choose between your heart or brain. Neither instincts nor anything perfectly planned is always right. Follow what heart says but let… — The Idealist Merchant Copy Share Image
You cannot prove realism to a complete sceptic or idealist; but you can show an honest man that he is not a… — George Santayana 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
“I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Inevitably out of the psychedelic experience emerges not despair, not self-indulgence, but wild-eyed idealism, that's the inevitable product of any psychedelically driven… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to play Don Quixote in some way. It's a great role. I think the idealism of the man shows… — Dominic Chianese Copy Share Image
I was very religious when I was younger. I went to a seminary for three years, studied to be a priest, and… — Peter P. Mahoney Copy Share Image
Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“Traffic slowed as they entered Fort Washakie with everyone rubbernecking the spirited powwow taking place in an empty field just off the… — Casey Fisher Copy Share Image
One senses that all the Bolsheviks, even those who ended up as cold-blooded autocrats, had been on a journey from idealism to… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's… — Marianne Williamson 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
A lot of my idealism was frustrated by the end of the '60s because of the way things went with the assassinations… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
“Our problem today is that we no longer believe in things but in symbols, hence our life has passed over into these… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Journalism has become a form of idealism. It is no longer, first and foremost, function, craft, service - it is mission. — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
