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Idealism leads to realism if it is strictly thought out.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Idealism and realism meet in the actual.

— Mary Parker Follett

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

— Claude McKay

Realism is in the work when idealism is in the soul, and it is only through idealism that we resume contact with reality.

— Henri Bergson

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world…

— Bono

Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are…

— Orhan Pamuk

If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve…

— Richard Stallman

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

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

— Jorge Luis Borges

When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's…

— Conor Oberst

If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?

— James Carville

Ideals are great in theory ... but they don't work too well in real life.

— Laurell K. Hamilton