Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. ~ Oscar Wilde
Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down? ~ Eliza Cook
The actual well seen is ideal. ~ Thomas Carlyle
Quotes about ideals, life
