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.

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 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.

Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.

Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes witch we see reality.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes witch we see reality.

Reality is something you rise above.

Reality is something you rise above.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.

Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.

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.