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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.
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.
The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in read more
The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.
A cause a day keeps reality away.
A cause a day keeps reality away.
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.
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
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
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.
Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems read more
Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems -- but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible.