#idealism

Reality is infinitely diverse, compared with even the subtlest conclusions of abstract thought, and does not allow of

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A priest is someone who lives only in the invisible world and for whom everything visible possesses only the truth of

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The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.

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Underneath this reality in which we live and have our being, another and altogether different reality lies concealed.

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Our idea of anything is our idea of its sensible effects; and if we fancy that we have any other we deceive ourselves,

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My whole trouble is that when I was pregnant with ideas I took fright at the ideal. That’s why I give birth to deformities

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Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second.

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That faith moves no mountains but puts mountains where there are none: a quick walk through a madhouse enlightens

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