Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

Our bodies can be mobilized by law and police and men with guns, if necessary-but where shall we find that which will make us believe in what we must do, so that we can fight through to victory?

If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step: only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Don't use that foreign word "ideals." We have that excellent native word "lies."

Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.

God, when he makes the prophet, does not unmake the man.

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.