Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Ideals are the world's masters.
We know the ideal isn't where the action is.
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.
Idealism is no good. Any concrete dedication to an abstract condition results in unpleasant things like wars.
You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.
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.
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.
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.
The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.
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