I think what’s fun about the ’60s was the exhilaration of this, “We’re going to change the world,” attitude. That huge group of young people with all this energy and idealism out there saying, “Let’s make it better.” I miss that as a movement. By Mary Travers Change the world, Idealism
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem. By John Galsworthy Idealism, Problem
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make a better soup. By H. L. Mencken Idealism
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. By Carl Jung Addiction, Habits, Idealism