The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that read more

The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that the odds are against him, decides that fighting is useless.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

Art must take reality by surprise.

Art must take reality by surprise.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes witch we see reality.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes witch we see reality.

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

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is,"on read more

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is,"on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.

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.

Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.