Age Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.

— Anonymous

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.

— Bertrand Russell

Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither their subtlety nor…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Centuries and centuries of idealism have not failed to influence reality”

— Jorge Luis Borges

I see only the ideal. But no ideals have ever been fully successful on this earth.

— Isadora Duncan

The days of idealism had gone. Only life was left.

— Paullina Simons

We talk of lost ideals, but perhaps they are not lost, only changed; when our ideal for ourselves and for our children becomes limited…

— Charlotte Mason

The content of the ideal is a desire to return to the perfection of an imaginary past.

— Johan Huizinga

“If you read history you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were just those who thought most…

— Scott Sauls

Seeking the ideal has a long history, it produces many saints but few paradigm changes.

— Dave Snowden

By the irresistible maturing of the general mind, the Christian traditions have lost their hold.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.

— Aleister Crowley