A quote from The Soul of Man Under Socialism
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A quote from The Soul of Man Under Socialism
“A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realization of Utopias.” — Oscar Wilde
A Systems Change Researcher's Journal #5: Gaia Theory and The Earth Charter
In 1891, Oscar Wilde wrote: “A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at.”
Kristen R. Ghodsee • Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life
As the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano remarked, ‘Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten steps forward, it swiftly slips ten steps ahead. No matter how far I go, I can never reach it. What, then, is the purpose of utopia? It is to cause us to advance.’