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.

If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.

If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.

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

Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol

Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol

Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one

Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one

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 is the #1 cause of insanity among those who are in contact with it

Reality is the #1 cause of insanity among those who are in contact with it

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.

Reality is that part of the imagination we all agree on

Reality is that part of the imagination we all agree on