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Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human nature is its…

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Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure…
Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them.
When we love something it is of value to us, and when something is of value to us we spend time with…
The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been…
If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or…
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.
Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is…
The feeling of being valuable is a cornerstone of self-discipline because when you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself-…
The giving up of personality traits, well-established patterns of behavior, ideologies, and even whole life styles...these are major forms of giving up…
It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures.
I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible. It no more has horns, hooves…
Often the most loving thing we can do when a friend is in pain is to share the pain-to be there even…

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I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists. — Hillary Clinton
Golf is not, on the whole, a game for realists. By its exactitudes of measurements it invites the attention of perfectionists. — Heywood Hale Broun
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The realists do not take the photograph for a 'copy' of reality, but for an emanation of past reality, a magic, not… — Roland Barthes
I believe that history is not made by cynics; it is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us… — Tzipi Livni
Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers — Paul Wellstone
Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human… — M. Scott Peck
For what reason then do the realists show themselves so unfriendly toward philosophy? Because they misunderstand their own calling and with all… — Max Stirner
Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated… — Theodor Herzl
Women decide the larger questions of life correctly and quickly, not because they are lucky guessers, not because they are divinely inspired,… — H. L. Mencken
It's time that we acknowledge the wisdom women have acquired by managing the chaos of daily life. Women are realists, the glue… — Teresa Heinz
Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on philosophers, but they have not been very kind to me... I have been variously called… — Stephen Hawking

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