All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.
The theologians have recognized that the ideal is the imitation of God. If we be a part of such an organic thing, this thing is God to us, as I am God to the cells that compose me.
A true and worthy ideal frees and uplifts a people; a false ideal imprisons and lowers.
In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.
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.
Idealism is no good. Any concrete dedication to an abstract condition results in unpleasant things like wars.
Ideals are the world's masters.
The enemy of idealism is zealotry.
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