Idealists Quotes

61 Idealists quotes by 57 unique authors

If anarchists are idealists, they may simply be likened to someone who finds himself swimming in a cesspool and, rather than paddling about looking for… — Robert Higgs
We are the puzzle pieces who seldom fit with other puzzle pieces. Romantics, idealists, eccentrics, we inhabit single-dom as our natural resting state. In a… — Sasha Cagen
The Big Bang has made Idealists out of almost anybody who thinks. First there was absolutely nothing, then Bang! Something. This is beyond weird. Out… — Ken Wilber
Neither idealists nor materialists are right; we must take both idea and expression. — Swami Vivekananda
Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic. — Seth Godin
Law is an imperfect profession in which success can rarely be achieved without some sacrifice of principle. Thus all practicing lawyers -- and most others… — Alan Dershowitz
Teachers are by nature idealists, and they believe anything can be learned. — Susan Wiggs
It is curious that Christianity, which is idealism, is sturdily defended by the brokers, and steadily attacked by the idealists. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The great crimes of the twentieth century were committed not by money-grubbing capitalists but by dedicated idealists. Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler were contemptuous of money.… — Eric Hoffer
You Europeans know nothing about America. Because we amass large fortunes you think we care for nothing but money. We are nothing for it; the… — W. Somerset Maugham
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and… — Bill Watterson
When people who are seeking change start out, they are driven by commitment to a cause. But as internecine power struggles take over, one-time idealists… — Anurag Kashyap
Man's indecency to man all over the world rules out the idea of humanity as an actuality. It is a dream of young idealists. In… — Errol Flynn
Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. — Emma Goldman
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals. — Bertrand Russell
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter. — Logan Pearsall Smith
There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by… — Oswald Spengler
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. — Robert Anton Wilson
Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought… — David James Duncan
That said, deciding to avoid other people does not necessarily equate with having no desire whatsoever for company; it may simply reflect a dissatisfaction with… — Alain de Botton

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