I am not your justification for existence.
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Quotes tagged ‘Idealism’
What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.
There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
People's fantasies are what give them problems. If you didn't have fantasies you wouldn't have problems because you'd just take whatever was there.
You still value the things you’ve lost the most. Because the things you’ve lost are still perfect in your head. They never rusted. They never broke. They are made of the memories you once had, which only grow rosier and brighter, day by day. They are made of the dreams of how wonderful things could…
Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.
The realist in actuality doesn’t truly see ‘what is.’ They only see what was. As soon as the mind thinks about ‘what is,’ the moment has already passed. The realist only sees how things were, and then expects them to be. Clinging to their love of the past, if even only clinging to what was just a mo…
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good a…
What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.
What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.
I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they’re your parents. Because, if you’re the kind of person who senses there’s something out there for you beyond whatever it is you’re expected to do - if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by…
Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn’t have to invent a thing.
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing…
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Reality is what people who lack vision see.