Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism. – Thomas Sowell
People are divided into two parts: some of them look for and cannot find anything, others find but are not satisfied. – Mihai Eminescu, translated by Oana Platon