Quotes about Utopia

But the early Christians—who themselves knew only too well that the world had not turned into Utopia overnight and that they still faced suffering, prison, and death—firmly believed that what had happened on the cross was the Messianic victory. That is why they told the story the way they did.

There is nothing like dream to create the future. Utopia to-day, flesh and blood tomorrow.

In its final words The Spirit of Utopia expresses the new symbiosis of Jewish commandment and modern will: `Only the wicked exist through their God; but the righteous - God exists through them

Imagine all the people, sharing all the world

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized.

Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.

To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia.

Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by feeling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.

A heaven on earth.

All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in. [Conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour , March 9, 1998]

We must look elsewhere for Eden. Spring is good; but freedom and justice are better. Eden is moral, not material.

We are not going to build a Utopia on Earth. Why? Because of human nature. Sin keeps us from building a paradise on Earth. But we are to work for social justice—that is our command in Scripture—we're to do all we can so both we and others can live a peaceable and free life, and a life of human dignity. Only Christ can change hearts, but that does not mean that we neglect social and political relationships.