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It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.

I'm not an idealist. I know we're not going to be living in a world that's peace and love all the time. But we can live in a world where we kill each other a lot less.

If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

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.

Idealism is no good. Any concrete dedication to an abstract condition results in unpleasant things like wars.

True idealists are rare; they are the dedicated workers, who would, if need be, die at the stake.

Unless generosity of spirit prevails among men, there can never be upon earth an ideal life.

The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive.