Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Too often people view idealists as naive.
We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.
Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
I'm an idealist.
Cynicism means the conduit to the soul has a great kink in it, like a garden hose in which nothing flows in either direction.
Cynicism stems from disappointment. Cynical and faithless people were not always like that. They were filled with possibilities and hope as kids. But they tried and perhaps failed.
The enemy of idealism is zealotry.
The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.