204 Quotes About Utopia

Shalom is not a utopian destination; it is a constant journey.

Here’s my vision of Utopia: a world without violence and tragedies, where everyone lives forever, or until they’ve led fulfilling and happy lives and decide themselves that they want to check out whatever’s next for us.

Thomas Morus beschrieb Utopia übrigens als eine Insel mit vierundfünfzig Städten, die alle nicht nur in Sprache, Sitten, Einrichtungen und Gesetzen übereinstimmen, nein, sie sind auch noch alle genau gleich aufgebaut. Was daran 1516 so wünschenswert schien, ist aus heutiger Sicht kaum noch nachvollziehbar.

Utopian desires all too quickly become just another tempting commodity.

A comprehensive utopia may be out of reach, but the effort to realise it shapes the world for the better all the same. The belief may not be true, but it is useful. Belief makes the world.

The Earth is nothing but phlegm spat out by the Sun, and our immediate solar system a whirlwind of boulders. There is no "delicate balance".

Since in the world you imagines, a world without power and money, with no prohibitions, with no pain or death, each man would be God, and God therefore would not be possible. He would be a lie, because His attributes would be those of every man, woman and child: grace, immortality and supreme good.

America indeed has become a progressive nation, if we understand "progressive" to mean progressing away from God, his incomparable blessings, and the moral foundation that made America great, and advancing toward a mythical utopia where mankind is in control of mankind (think "Lord of the Flies").

It's why a song such as John Lennon's "Imagine" continues to resonate—it's lovely to daydream about a world no longer plagued by the threat of famine, violence, war, or death. As long as these visions exist as a distant utopian fantasy, a counterbalance to a good zombie yarn, they don't threaten us—but neither do they really inspire us.