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.

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.

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.

We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.

We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.

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.

Reality is something you rise above.

Reality is something you rise above.

There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new read more

There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

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.