Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

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The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the...

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the...

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.

To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the...

To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the...

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the...

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the...

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create...

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create...

Desire creates its own object.

Desire creates its own object.

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create...

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create...

True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our...

True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our...

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least...

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least...

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always...

Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always...

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All...

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All...

Action makes more fortune than caution

Action makes more fortune than caution

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

The shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.

A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most...

A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most...