Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The enemy of idealism is zealotry.
The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.
Too often people view idealists as naive.
Idealism is no good. Any concrete dedication to an abstract condition results in unpleasant things like wars.
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.
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
I'm an idealist.
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.
Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.