204 Quotes About Utopia

People needed proof that Utopia was nothing more than a theory, an illusion read in fictional stories.

Peace ought not be regarded the height of civilization, else like barbarians we forever battle for peace.

A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up.

The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or a bunch of strong men, or an invasion of aliens, or the conquest of other planets, or the annihilation of half the world--in short, pretty nearly anything but the facing up to the integral and irredeemable nature of mankind--can bring about utopian situations. It is the old error of the externalization of evil.

The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one. It involves, if it does not necessitate, the sleep of reason. There is no escape from anxiety and struggle.

I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.

A utopia cannot, by definition, include boredom, but the ‘utopia’ we are living in is boring.

Utopia is that idyllic place just before the mass graves are dug.

...I take as a point of departure the possibility and desirability of a fundamentally different form of society--call it communism, if you will--in which men and women, freed from the pressures of scarcity and from the insecurity of everyday existence under capitalism, shape their own lives. Collectively they decide who, how, when, and what shall be produced.