Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully read more

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty, and truth

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

Most men are the same. They're only interested in fucking you and they don't care whether you're happy or sad. read more

Most men are the same. They're only interested in fucking you and they don't care whether you're happy or sad. They just want to get on with their business in and out of bed, and they make you feel that you don't count except as their sex toy.

Reality is for those who lack imagination

Reality is for those who lack imagination

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.

In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.

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 ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and read more

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.