Idealism Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Neither idealists nor materialists are right; we must take both idea and expression.

— Swami Vivekananda

People will say I'm an idealist. I hope so.

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

Any materialist philosophy must take as its point of departure the existence of a material world that is independent of our minds.

— Manuel De Landa

“Those who maintain that mind is the reality and matter an evil dream are called "idealists"—a word which has a different meaning in philosophy…

— Bertrand Russell

The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive

— John Zorn

I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something.

— Arthur Scargill

I'm an idealist.

— Bobby Cannavale

Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism and without optimism there would be no courage to…

— Anonymous

To say that a man is an idealist is merely to say that he is a man.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

True idealists are rare; they are the dedicated workers, who would, if need be, die at the stake.

— Henry Williamson

Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human nature is…

— M. Scott Peck

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their…

— H. L. Mencken