Abstract Quote by William James

Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract

— William James

Realities are greater than ideas. Because sometimes ideas can separate us unnecessarily. So let's attend to the realities that we have to deal with…

— Blase J. Cupich

We must accept our reality as vastly as we possibly can; everything, even the unprecedented, must be possible within it.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

The ideas dictate everything.

— David Lynch

“What rules the world is ideas, because ideas define the way reality is perceived.”

— Irving Kristol

“Ideas define us, our past, our present, and most importantly, our future.”

— P.W. Cross

The only justification for our concepts and systems of concepts is that they serve to represent the complex of our experiences; beyond this they…

— Albert Einstein

An idea can only become a reality once it is broken down into organized, actionable elements.

— Scott Belsky

“...reality is a system, completely ordered and fully intelligible, with which thought in its advance is more and more identifying itself. We may look…

— Brand Blanshard

Ideas are, in truth, force.

— Henry James

Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.

— Henry James

The paradox is now fully established that the utmost abstractions are the true weapons with which to control our thought of concrete fact.

— Alfred North Whitehead