As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance.

Quote by Susan Neiman

Topics: Idealism Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can...

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can...

It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something...

It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something...

Only the broken-hearted idealist can become a cynic.

Only the broken-hearted idealist can become a cynic.

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

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

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

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many...

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many...

Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the...

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the...

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism...

Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism...

Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption.

Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption.

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism,...

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism,...

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are...

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are...

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

It is when you refuse to see only the commonplace, that you behold the exceptional.

It is when you refuse to see only the commonplace, that you behold the exceptional.