What we need most, is not so much to realize the ideal as to idealize the real.
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The highest ideals are human intelligence, creativity and love. Respect these above all.
If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?
If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.
We know the ideal isn't where the action is.
The acceptance of certain realities doesn't preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.
We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.
Ideals are the world's masters.
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
Our ideals are our better selves.
The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.