The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.
But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.
Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.
He 's ruthless only because of his ideals. Unfortunately he doesn't succeed. The thing fails and gets out of hand and takes charge of him. Idealism is the only excuse he could have and it's a great excuse.
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.
I'm an idealist without illusions.
We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.
The enemy of idealism is zealotry.