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.

It's weird. I mean, he's a dream, a fantasy, and, if he becomes real, it's like he's not mine anymore.

It's weird. I mean, he's a dream, a fantasy, and, if he becomes real, it's like he's not mine anymore.

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.

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.

The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know read more

The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.

Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.

Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

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.

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

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