This word “ideology” signifies the notion that mankind can be governed by abstract political formulas, regardless of a people’s historical experience, and notwithstanding the complexity of human affairs. Ideology is the negation of politics as the art of the possible. The ideologue sets up a sham religion and promises salvation – not salvation through grace […]
Ideal - Idealists Quotes
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.
If I cannot realize my Ideal, I can at least idealize my Real.
It may be that idealism requires naivete to survive, because no war ever goes as planned, and peace can be just as confounding.
The idealists and visionaries, foolish enough to throw caution to the winds and express their ardor and faith in some supreme deed, have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.
Idealists give invaluable service; they give the distant view, which makes progress, as it makes a walk, exhilarating.
There is genuine idealism and there is the Pharisaism that imitates it; there is the psychological need to be dedicated to a cause, which is what makes the profession more than a profession, a vocation; there is the appeal of comradeship in the cause, the intoxication of marching in step with others, open hand or […]
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
What we need most, is not so much to realize the ideal as to idealize the real.
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your ideal of manhood is and what kind of man you long to be.
