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A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. read more
A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.
The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that read more
The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that the odds are against him, decides that fighting is useless.
It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is,"on read more
It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is,"on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.
What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures read more
What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less a part of the structure of reality.
Realists do not fear the results of their study.
Realists do not fear the results of their study.
Reality confronts man with a great many "musts," but all of them are conditional; the formula of realistic necessity is: read more
Reality confronts man with a great many "musts," but all of them are conditional; the formula of realistic necessity is: "You must, if " and the "if" stands for man's choice
Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!
Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does read more
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 read more
In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.
