"Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounded pretty ..."
- E.A. Bucchianeri
"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup."
- H.L. Mencken
"The idealist hopes. The romantic sees doom. The postmodernist sees doom and hopes."
- Bauvard
"Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today."
- Ayn Rand
"See the exquisite contrast of the types of mind! The pragmatist clings to facts and concreteness, observes truth at its work in particular cases, and generalises. Truth, for him, becomes a class-name ..."
- William James
"As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance."
- Susan Neiman
"Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential."
"One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them."
"I prefer truth-based entertaining idealism."
- Toba Beta
"Saya akan lebih mendulukan kebenaran-kebenaran universal, bukan hutang budi, bukan kewajiban moral dan bukan juga pengabdian buta."
- Putu Wijaya