Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished

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.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are read more

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that read more

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

One might speak to great length of the three corners of realitywhat was seen, what was thought to be seen, read more

One might speak to great length of the three corners of realitywhat was seen, what was thought to be seen, and what was thought ought to be seen.

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all read more

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.