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"Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism."
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"Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished? The ideal is terrifying to behold... brilliant but threatened on all sides by the dark forces that surround it: nevertheless, no more in danger than a star in the jaws of the clouds."
"None could be the most perfect. If indeed any, it is only perfect."
"Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world."
"Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem."
"There was something better in life than this rubbish, if only he could get to it-love-nobility-big spaces where passion clasped peace, spaces no science could reach, but they existed for ever, full of woods some of them, and arched with majestic sky and a friend. . ."
"For it cannot be denied that all over the world and in all ages there are beings who are perceived to be extraordinary, charming, and appealing, and whom many honor as benevolent spirits, because they make one think of a more beautiful, a freer, a more winged life than the one we lead."
"The young all have the same dream: to save the world. Some quickly forget this dream, convinced that there are more important things to do, like having a family, earning money, traveling, and learning a foreign language. Others, though, decide that it really is possible to make a difference in society and to shape the world we will hand on to future generations."
"A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still."
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"Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each indifferent, Incongruous and strange the moonlight shines."
"Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed."
"Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism."
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