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.

The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

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.

There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and read more

There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

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.

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

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.

Reality is that part of the imagination we all agree on

Reality is that part of the imagination we all agree on