Quotes About Reality

A philosophy that cannot be lived is no philosophy at all.

Spin doctors in every era have known that perception is infinitely more potent than mere fact.

If the Martians take the writings of moral philosophers as a guide to what goes on on this planet they will get a shock when they arrive.

Ik weet dat dit net is gebeurd, ik ben niet gek, en toch lijkt het me onwaarschijnlijk.

Las palabras son complicadas. Apenas he hablado en mi vida. Escribo «en mi vida», como si ya estuviera muerto. En el fondo, es verdad. Es la pura y única verdad. Hace mucho tiempo queme siento muerto. Hago como si siguiera viviendo. Mi sentencia está en suspenso, eso es todo.

Puede que vivir, seguir viviendo, sea saber que lo real no lo es totalmente, puede que sea elegir otra realidad cuando la que hemos conocido adquiere un peso insoportable.

Les pieds encore dans leur rêve, ils se savaient pendus tête en bas.

Les hommes sont parfois si maladroits qu'on les prend pour le contraire de ce qu'ils sont vraiment.

Ne cherche pas ce qui n'existe pas ou n'existe plus

La vérité, ça peut couper les mains et laisser des entailles à ne plus pouvoir vivre avec, et la plupart d'entre nous, ce qu'on veut, c'est vivre.

That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.

Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life.

The truth doesn't have versions, it just is.

Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality.

Evolutionary naturalism takes the inherent limitations of science and turns them into a devastating philosophical weapon: because science is our only real way of knowing anything, what science cannot know cannot be real.

Reality is that which refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.

A beguiling optimism is often the first step toward folly.

But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages. And we are enabled to apprehend at all what is sublime and noble only by the perpetual instilling and drenching of the reality that surrounds us.

The inferior man lived only in his fantasies, because he lacked willpower and imagination. The superior man made his fantasies a reality. (Martin Darius)

He believed that Galileo was wrong when he imagined an Earth that revolved around the sun. In his heart of hearts, Peter knew that the sun that was slowly rising over his city revolved around him.

Expectant of greater things, We try climbing - Higher And Higher; An effort that costs us much, Leaving us short of breath To find only The ground below is much prettier.

I am a thread too slender To suspend all this reality...

It was there. In my mind. After the call I'd just taken, after talking with LaForce. But I wouldn't say it out loud. Wouldn't even let myself form the complete thought in my head. Wasn't believing it. No fucking way zombies were real. Day of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, The Walking Dead – Fuck no. Fuck Milla Jovovich and all of that shit.

Truth is always strong, no matter how weak it looks, and falsehood is always weak, no matter how strong it looks.