To take a dislike to a young man, only because he appeared to be of a different disposition from himself, was unworthy the real liberality of mind.
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride – where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
Listen, real poetry doesn’t say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.
That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is.
That’s what real love amounts to- letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending- performing. You get to love your pretence. It’s true, we’re locked in an image, an act.
The real problem is usually two or three questions deep. If you want to go after someone’s problem, be aware that most people aren’t going to reveal what the real problem is after the first question.
Real persuasion comes from putting more of you into everything you say. Words have an effect. Words loaded with emotion have a powerful effect.
The real genius to make a marketplace flourish doesn’t come from the government. It comes from the individual genius of its people.
Real wisdom is simple. Living life rightly does not have to be a complicated challenge.
I’m sure some of you are wondering whether my breasts are real. Let me just explain to you. This one is, this one isn’t.
I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I’m on course, and I’m doing what God wants me to do. I’m real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.
To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding- in spite of distances or thoughts expressed- can make life a garden.
A joy shared is a joy doubled.
He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.
At bottom, no real object is unpoetical, if the poet knows how to use it properly.
As in Rome there is, apart from the Romans, a population of statues, so apart from this real world there is a world of illusion, almost more potent, in which most men live.
The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.
The real test of leadership isn’t where you start out. It’s where you end up.
The real leader holds the power, not just the position.
One is too small a number to achieve greatness. No accomplishment of real value has ever been achieved by a human being working alone.