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.

It takes only one other person to say it's so- one other point of reality to make something real.

It takes only one other person to say it's so- one other point of reality to make something real.

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all read more

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

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.

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.

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

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.

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.