Reality

We suffer more in imagination than in reality.

We suffer more in imagination than in reality.

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination than reality.

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination than reality.

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.

The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.

A realist is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been purified. A skeptic is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been burned.

A realist is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been purified. A skeptic is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been burned.

Warren W. Wiersbe

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Leonardo da Vinci

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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.

Soren Kierkegaard

Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.

Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.

Facts are stubborn things.

Facts are stubborn things.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six.

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality - it connects you to reality.

The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality - it connects you to reality.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Theodore Roosevelt

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.