Quotes About Reality

Her mother said fairy tales didn't have anything to do with the world, but Ofelia knew better. They had taught her everything about it.

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness … The

Elisa lives in a world of her own devising. That's obvious from the shoes. Zelda imagines Elisa's perception as one of those dioramas she saw in a museum, perfect little realms, breakable but not if you walk softly.

El laberinto del fauno era una gran prueba de que la fantasía puede ser a su vez poética y política, y eso es una herramienta perfecta para comprender la realidad fantástica de nuestra existencia.

This world is a motherfucker, isn't it?" Angel nodded and said, "But it's the only one we have." Gus

That's what the books said, and didn't their tales feel so much truer than what adults pretended this world to be about? Only books talked about all the things adults didn't want you to ask about - Life. Death. Good and Evil. And what else truly mattered in life.

Qué puede importar la verdad cuando en el lado opuesto se concentra la vida?

The great physicist Niels Bohr said, "There are two types of truth. In the shallow type, the opposite of a true statement is false. In the deeper kind, the opposite of a true statement is equally true.

man lies to himself a lot.

The world is a drama, staged in a dream

Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.

In this world when you ask of happiness Pain steps forward

In this world when you ask for happiness Pain steps forward

I've told people who have just started to make a film that the one thing you might experience is this feeling that everybody is conspiring against you, because you're not necessarily able to tell what's real and what's not.

Guns tell the truth. Guns never say, "I'm only kidding." War is ugly because the truth can be ugly and war is very sincere.

It is literature,' said Kafka smiling. 'Flight from reality.' 'So poetry is lies?' 'No. Poetry is a condensate, an essence. Literature, on the other hand, is a relaxation, a means of pleasure which alleviates the unconscious life, a narcotic.' 'And poetry?' 'Poetry is exactly the opposite. Poetry is an awakening.' 'So poetry tends towards religion.' 'I would not say that. But certainly to prayer.

One cannot break one's chains when there are no chains to be seen. One's imprisonment is therefore organized as a perfectly ordinary, not over-comfortable form of daily life. Everything looks as if it were made of solid, lasting stuff. But on the contrary it is a life in which one is falling towards an abyss. It isn't visible. But if one closes one's eyes, one can hear its rush and roar.

To je zabluda. Knjiga ne može da zameni svet. To je nemogu?no. U životu sve ima svoj smisao i svoj zadatak koji ne mogu bez ostatka biti ispunjeni ne?im drugim. Nije mogu?no, na primer, proživeti nešto posredstvom nekog zamenika. Tako je i sa svetom i knjigom. Pokušavamo da život zatvorimo u knjige kao pticu peva?icu u kavez. Ali, u tome ne uspevamo. Naprotiv! ?ovek od knjiških apstrakcija ne izgra?uje ništa drugo nego sistem u vidu kaveza za sebe.

W]ir dürfen ... ruhig sagen, daß allen großen Gestaltungen des Mitlebens der Menschen ein Wahn vorgeleuchtet hat, daß die Menschen immer nur durch Wahn aneinander gebunden waren, daß immer nur der Wahn die Individuen zu höheren Organisationsformen und Gesamtheiten aufgebaut hat.

I never trust mere appearance - one's senses offer such an insecure guarantee of abstract perception. - What's The Use of White Dog Shit?

Das Weib, die allgegenwärtige Wirklichkeit, brennt sich uns nackt ins Blut, und wo wir mit ihr kämpfen müssen, da ziehen wir sie am besten erst recht nackt aus, in der Tat oder Vorstellung, so gut wir eben können

Be awake in all that you do! Do not think you are already awake. No: you are asleep and dreaming. Be firm, collect yourself, and briefly behold the sensation that runs through your body: "NOW I AM AWAKE!

Fiecare lucru de pe pamant nu e decat simbolul etern invesmantat in colb.

Everyone says its a myth until one day something happens in the streets that brings it back to life.