realism [Theme]

It is dangerous to tell a man the truth about his wife. Women are another matter. They can come to terms with the fact that their husband is rotten, a fraudster, a drug addict, a pathological liar and just a pig. And this does not weaken their affection in the least. Women are realists, men are not.

Imagine a purulent tumor in the body of a hippopotamus, while I calmly finish my fragrant coffee ...

No, even the most fantastic story would make him forget that two times two is four.

- I am a doctor. The craft makes me an optimist with a penchant for realism.

The conservative approach is not a thoughtless guardianship, not a fear of change and not a game of retention, much less being locked in one's own shell. This is, first of all, reliance on a time-tested tradition, preservation and growth of the population, realism in assessing oneself and others, precise alignment of a system of priorities, correlation of the necessary and the possible, prudent formulation of goals, a fundamental rejection of extremism as a method of action. And, frankly, for the upcoming period of world reconstruction, which may continue for quite a long time and the final design of which is unknown, moderate conservatism is the most reasonable, at least in my opinion, line of conduct.

Kafka's realism transcends the historical moment. Because he did not turn reality into absurdity, but comprehended the absurdity of reality. Because his fantasy is our reality.

Our religion is a religion of worship of chiefs, party, gang, pack. By the way, a convenient invention. Convenient, profitable, reliable: bowed - immediately get. Complicity is a privilege. Faithful - circular responsibility... Wrong - punishment doesn't wait either. Isn't that why "God is dead" to "Gulag archipelago" is one step?..

My numbered eternal days.

The requirement to make the Reasonable public domain entails a certain policy, pedagogy, propaganda. Thus, the Enlightenment deliberately displaces from its memory the bitter realism of the teachings of the ancient sages, to whom it was perfectly clear that the masses are stupid, and only a few have reason. The modern striving for the elitist has to be masked with democratic phraseology.

If your problem is excessive romanticism, forget the former easily with a naked mind.

Romanticism brings lyudets with each other, but the realism helps them to live together.

Realistically thinking person has all ready answer.

The realism of ideas about the supernatural powers of a person depends on the freedom of the society from the absolute sovereign state.

About the art! What a life! The pendulum, swinging left, right, left again, from complex to simple back to complex. From romance to realism, to inevitably return to romance. A shrewd man is able to experience intellectual perihelion advance to prepare for new dizzying orbits