If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would read more

If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still say "no" to war. For one does not create a human society on mounds of corpses.

Reality is for those who lack imagination

Reality is for those who lack imagination

Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one

Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

One might speak to great length of the three corners of realitywhat was seen, what was thought to be seen, read more

One might speak to great length of the three corners of realitywhat was seen, what was thought to be seen, and what was thought ought to be seen.

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 leaves a lot to the imagination.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience.

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience.

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.