Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.
It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.
Idealism doesn't prevent problems.
The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.
The enemy of idealism is zealotry.
Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.
It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
Sometimes idealism and all that make believe makes the world a better place.
Idealism is no good. Any concrete dedication to an abstract condition results in unpleasant things like wars.
Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.
Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.
The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.
Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.
Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.
Idealism only works in an ideal world.
