Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

IDEALISM

Man's Ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. …..Seneca

I am an Idealist; I don't know where I am going but I'm on my way. …..Carl Sandburg

To say that a man is an Idealist is merely to say that he is a man. …..G. K. Chesterton

An Idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage,
concludes that it will also make a better soup. …….H. L. Mencken

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow.
And politics is the bow of Idealism. ………Bill Moyers

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands,
but like the seafaring man, you choose them as your guides,
and by following them, you will reach your destiny. ……..Carl Shurz

No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant Idealism. …..Sir Winston S. Churchill
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