"Let the young lovers know that the ideal is the only safe bond. In the difficult night the youth knows his beloved by…"

"How strong that desire of improvement in the human mind, which is the companion, if it be not the condition, of geniu…"

"The tradesman scarcely ever gives an ideal worth to his work, but is ridden by the routine of his craft, and the soul…"

"The Real and the Ideal! What harm has been done by this senseless antithesis! The Ideal is by far the realest thing o…"

"I still endure repression at the hands of the pigs, as do my peers. I still take a principled stand against this repr…"

"The development of an individual will invariably be in the direction of his ideal, and will partake largely of the na…"

"The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To…"

"It is in this realm of ideas that humanity is not a free agent. . . . Once an idea becomes an ideal, humanity can fre…"

"Obviousley, it will not do to take our ideal from the principle of nature; for the simple reason that (except for som…"

"There are those who see a great mystery in the presence of eternal values in a moving and animal world, and think to …"