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Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.

The highest ideals are human intelligence, creativity and love. Respect these above all.

Ideals are not something I can control. It's not logic that convinces me of something, it's what my heart says. My heart has a way of involving me in things, which can only be good for the music.

I'm an idealist.

We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

It's impossible to consider living without ideals. However, when ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image of an enemy, and it leads to the murder and massacre that we've seen since the beginning of time.