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Tuesday, 8 July 2008
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"There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue." (Burke, Edmund - Tolerance)

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Browse Quotations about Ideals and Idealism

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.
A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.
A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it is also more nourishing.
Don't use that foreign word ideals. We have that excellent native word lies.
I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.
Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.


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