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.

This is too much reality for a Friday.

This is too much reality for a Friday.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

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.

The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in read more

The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished

A cause a day keeps reality away.

A cause a day keeps reality away.

Reality confronts man with a great many "musts," but all of them are conditional; the formula of realistic necessity is: read more

Reality confronts man with a great many "musts," but all of them are conditional; the formula of realistic necessity is: "You must, if " and the "if" stands for man's choice

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.