The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
Prayer covers the whole of man’s life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which if it affects our real interest or happiness, we may not lay before God and be sure of sympathy.
When a church is faithless to its duties, the real church is outside its walls, in the community.
My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
To recognize causes is to think, and through thought alone feelings become knowledge and are not lost, but become real and begin to mature.
Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.
I have always been a great dreamer. In dreams I have always been more active than in my real life, and these shadows sapped me of my health and energy.
What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale.
If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.
We’re going to fight for every vote in every state. We’re going to make a real difference in people’s lives.
You can have the right kind of experience and the wrong kind of experience. Mine is rooted in the real lives of real people, and it will bring real results if we have the courage to change.
Real democracy means that no group or faction or leader can impose their will, their ideology, their religion, their desires on anyone else.
I like live audiences, with real people – virtual reality is no substitute.
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
Such is life. It is no cleaner than a kitchen; it reeks like a kitchen; and if you mean to cook your dinner, you must expect to soil your hands; the real art is in getting them clean again, and therein lies the whole morality of our epoch.
The winter’s frost must rend the burr of the nut before the fruit is seen. So adversity tempers the human heart, to discover its real worth.
The most real of all splendors are not in outward things, they are within us.
Avoid greatness in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their favourites enjoy.
But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.
If there is going to be change, real change, it will have to work its way from the bottom up, from the people themselves. That’s how change happens.