Historically the belief in heaven and the belief in utopia are like compensatory buckets in a well: when one goes down the… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“Utopia never really is. And the perfection we seek will always disappoint.” — Daniel Xiao Wang Copy Share Image
I shall speak of how melancholy and utopia preclude one another. How they fertilize one another... of the revulsion that follows one… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
We can only know what we can truly imagine. Finally what we see comes from ourselves. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
I realised that the political context had got worse since the 2010 World Cup. I tried to ignore it but I wanted,… — Vicente del Bosque Copy Share Image
Beyond Bookchin”, David Watson, of Fifth Estate, argues that aboriginal society represents a viable Utopia. He quotes favourably the anthropologist Marshall Sahlins;… — Marshall Sahlins Copy Share Image
If we began deconstructing the myths at the heart of every religion, we would be citizens of a Marxian Utopia. — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The system - the American one, at least - is a vast and noble experiment. It has been polestar and exemplar for… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
“A utopian system, when established by men, is likely to be synonymous with a dystopian depression. The only way for perfect peace… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Or if the hypothesis were offered us of a world in which Messrs. Fourier's and Bellamy's and Morris's Utopias should all be… — William James Copy Share Image
Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“In the world union, prosperity is a science, self-interest a new religion, peace is at hand and the future has never looked… — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
“Totalitarianism is not only hell, but all the dream of paradise-- the age-old dream of a world where everybody would live in… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
That democratic socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people,… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The word "utopia" has two meanings. It means both "good place" and "nowhere". That's the way it should be. The happiest places,… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
Parenthood means becoming comfortable with the fact that there are things outside your control, things that end and fail, just as most… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
There may well be a few extremists out there somewhere calling for a militant, women-only utopia, but why should this be the… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
This is the contradictory desire in our utopia. We want to live in a small community with which we can identify and… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
“And in heaven's name, who are the public enemies?" exclaimed Dr. Leete. "Are they France, England Germany or hunger, cold and nakedness?” — Edward Bellamy Copy Share Image
