Quote by Michael Oakeshott

“Ideals are like an image of reality at a given time from a given reality. Just like no photograph of a person can truly…

— Awdhesh Singh

“Idealists mature badly. If they can’t outgrow their idealism, they become hypocrites or blind.”

— Brent Weeks

“Let's get real about the ideal. It sucks. It doesn't represent us, and it doesn't even try to. It refuses to acknowledge that people…

— Megan Jayne Crabbe

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

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Any discussion between idealist and realist would never end.”

— Toba Beta

“Idealism is the cradle for change. One cannot make something new without first envisioning the possibility.”

— Molly Collier

“Idealism, however impractical, gives a meaning to our existence.”

— Anirban Bose

“Now I have no notion at all of propounding a new ideal. There is no new ideal imaginable by the madness of modern sophists,…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Idealism is an ideal which is based on the idea of someone of the perfect world or the perfect life. An idealist fails to…

— Awdhesh Singh

“If you require force to promote your ideal, there is something wrong with your ideal.”

— JSB Morse

“The Platonic idealist is the man by nature so wedded to perfection that he sees in everything not the reality but the faultless ideal…

— George Santayana

“It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder…

— Anne Frank