No one seemed able to look at themselves, coolly, from the outside. Their reality was all that could be seen in the… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
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I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean,… — Jan Brewer Copy Share Image
Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look at science and the powerful reductionism that… — Peter Atkins Copy Share Image
“Our reality is masked as a medium for growth. What we are growing is our Will which, when aligned with a given… — Laura Knight-Jadczyk Copy Share Image
“Renunciation isn't a moral imperative or a form of self-denial. It's simply cooperation with the way things are: for moments do pass… — Norman Fischer Copy Share Image
“And round and round and round. Why couldn't I get past the letter? Like poison id had seeped into every image and… — Malorie Blackman Copy Share Image
The store of fairy tales, that blue chamber where stories lie waiting to be rediscovered, holds out the promise of just those… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
If someone tells you that George Bush is not the 43rd president of the United States, they might be engaged in wishful… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
“The war on terror for which civil liberties have been curtailed and hundreds of billions of dollars spent has failed miserably. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It may be tempting to imagine that if the Bush administration had known the power of the Karbala story, American troops would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I wish I were … I wish I had … I wish this never happened … I wish I could be …… — Brittany Burgunder Copy Share Image
“We believe in the wrong things. That's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world, which… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Focus on something that has high value to someone else, be really rigorous in making that assessment, because natural human tendency is… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
“Dare to dream! If you did not have the capability to make your wildest wishes come true, your mind would not have… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“Let's say that the consensus is that our species, being the higher primates, Homo Sapiens, has been on the planet for at… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“To My Children, I'm dedicating my little story to you; doubtless you will be among the very few who will ever read… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
“If we insist that in the real world the ultimate victor must be the good guy, we’ve sacrificed right to might. (That’s… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“In theory, if some holy book misrepresented reality, its disciples would sooner or later discover this, and the text’s authority would be… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Imagining God can be so different from wishful thinking, if your spiritual experiences change your behavior over time. Have you become more… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Rick feels almost the way he used to halfway through his third drink, his favorite moment, the way he wishes all moments… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
We have this sacred cow in our society that what the majority of people want is rightbut is it? Our populace can't… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
“The nice girl loses an important protective mechanism when she assumes that life is fair, or that Prince Charming will always protect… — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
Some say Christianity is just a crutch. But let's turn the question on its edge for a moment. Is atheism an emotional… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
“I just sit where I'm put, composed of stone and wishful thinking: that the deity who kills for pleasure will also heal,… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“What happens when you die? Well, we're not completely sure. But the evidence seems to suggest that nothing happens. You're just dead,… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
“All of us want to bury our heads in the sand when taxes are due, when we have bad habits we know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everything in Athens is probably a good example. Any time when there really isn't a need for these facilities in these cities,… — Gary Hustwit Copy Share Image
“When they wish to be top dogs and become the heartbeat of all attention, some appear to be missing grit and find… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“Religious despair is often a defense against boredom and the daily grind of existence. Lacking intensity in our lives, we say that… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
“The way out of the drama triangle, as many spiritual teachers, therapists and coaches have suggested, is the creative orientation. This is… — Frank Forencich Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison said in all seriousness: "There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the labour of… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“Perversion is used only to overcome moral prejudices or conformity; the mind and desire must become amoral, focused and made entirely acceptive… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“From Wishful Thinking...Sydney's first siting of her soon to be love interest, "as I gazed across the fire the hairs on the… — S.P. Wilcox Copy Share Image
“He said there are two ways for a hitter to get the pitch he wants. The simplest way is not to want… — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
“The right-wing Tories and the conservative Whigs fought Napoleon as the Usurper and the Enemy of the Established Order; the liberal Tories… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
..the real world's all we've got. Believers in the supernatural claim to have special wisdom about the world. But real wisdom means… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
There are stories, like maps that agree... too consistent among too many languages and histories to be only wishful thinking… It is… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“What would be the use of distributing millions upon billions upon trillions of sublime rasa-saturated scriptures if, as a result of all… — Aindra Das Copy Share Image
