Absence Quote by John Dewey

Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavour consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not know. Some of these forces seem…

— John Steinbeck

A vague uncritical idealism always lends itself to ridicule and too much of it might be a danger to mankind, leading it round in…

— Lin Yutang

Reality will always prevail so why help it? Be an idealist and see what happens.

— Simon Sinek

We are always looking to the future; the present does not satisfy us. Our ideal, whatever it may be, lies further on.

— Ezra Hall Gillett

It is foolish to view realism and idealism as incompatible or to consider our power and wealth as encumbered by the demands of justice,…

— John McCain

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

— Jorge Luis Borges

If you have not even a little imagination, you are simply a brute. So you must not lower your ideal, neither are you to…

— Swami Vivekananda

Idealism leads to realism if it is strictly thought out.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

It's impossible to consider living without ideals. However, when ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the…

— Michael Haneke

Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but they're better.

— Oscar Wilde

That has been my entire life story. Running against the current and running with the current. Sometimes running with the current is underestimated. The…

— Rem Koolhaas