Quotes About Reality

He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that the grim reality of impending death can be talked away by trying to invest in the present reality of life. I didn't believe that at the time, but now I do. By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, which I suspect it will be.

Truth is shorter than fiction.

Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind it is a way of engaging reality.

The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.

What rules the world is idea, because ideas define the way reality is perceived

A neoconservative is a liberal who's been mugged by reality. A neoliberal is a liberal who's been mugged by reality but has refused to press charges.

When we lack the will to see things as they really are, there is nothing so mystifying as the obvious.

What rules the world is ideas, because ideas define the way reality is perceived.

On croit que j'imagine — ce n'est pas vrai — je me souviens. [They say I imagine — it is not true — I remember.]

All humanity could share a common insanity and be immersed in a common illusion while living in a common chaos. That can't be disproved, but we have no choice but to follow our senses.

A myth or legend is simply not made up out of a vacuum. Nothing is--or can be. Somehow there is a kernel of truth behind it, however distorted that might be.

Many a prophecy, by the mere force of its being believed, is transmuted to fact.

What did our dear Joseph manage to see in life? Bupkis is what.

A well-thought-out story doesn't need to resemble real life. Life itself tries with all its might to resemble a well-crafted story.

There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it.

Music allows me to disconnect from my present reality, and communicate to my future wisdom.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

There is no reason why a well thought-out story should resemble real life; life strives with all its might to resemble a well thought-out story.

you can tell the deepest truths with the lies of fiction

El pasado y el futuro eran parte de la misma cosa y la realidad del presente era un caleidoscopio de espejos desordenados, donde todo podía ocurrir.

She sowed in my mind the idea that reality is not only what we see on the surface; it has a magical dimension as well and, if we so desire, it is legitimate to enhance it and color it to make our journey through life less trying.

I see only the ideal. But no ideals have ever been fully successful on this earth.

The more we know about the past, the more we know what is not true about the present

A hedgehog will not make peace with the world. He is not reconciled. He cannot accept that he knows only many things. He seeks to know one big thing, and strives without ceasing to give reality a unifying shape. Foxes settle for what they know and may live happy lives. Hedgehogs will not settle and their lives may not be happy.