Utopia Quotes

...To see your life flow in obscurity among the treasures of the heart and of nature, happy in your anonymity, and to occasionally lose yourself in reading or in the pleasure of being a sensitive admirer of the fine arts; that’s the image of modern life you’re looking for!

Utopia never really is. And the perfection we seek will always disappoint.

As one climbs up the ladders in society, one starts feeling more and more like an owner, less like a member of it.

Psychology at best tells us how things are, not how they are supposed to be! There is no utopic science.

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

It’s more like he was an ant in the land of elephants. Nobody would notice his presence, no matter how much noise he might make.

Syldor was not a land of oppressive rules, roles, and labels. Here, love and power were open to, for, and between all; woman or man, rich or poor. What mattered was the sharpness of your mind, the speed of your blade, and the heat of your touch.

the human mind was no better than in its earliest period of savagery, only better informed

Communism is what happens when Socialists realize that they want complete control over every aspect of human life.

The change of the word does not alter the matter

The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.

Utopia's value lies not in its relation to present practice but in its relation to a possible future. Its "practical" use is to overstep the immediate reality to depict a condition whose clear desirability draws us on, like a magnet.

A fictional Dystopia is better than a fake Utopia.