Quotes About Reality

Je me demande encore si, tout compte fait, le monde n'étaient qu'apparences.

Ce n'était pas une vie; on existait, et c'est tout.

As long as the world's been the world, there's been those who live with it and those who refuse to accept it.

Who dreams so much, forgets to live

Qui rêve trop oublie de vivre.

La chance nous sourit tous les matins, le bonheur nous accueille tous les soirs, et on s'en rend pas compte. On s'y habitue et on pense que ce sera tous les jours ainsi. On fait pas gaffe à ce que l'on possède puis, hop ! D'un claquement de doigts, on s'aperçoit que l'on a tout faux. Parce qu'on croit avoir décroché la lune, on veut croquer le soleil aussi, et c'est là que l'on se crame les ailes

qui reve trop oublie de vivre" dieu n'habite pas la havane. p 9

qui rêve trop oublie de vivre" p:9

Is there a life outside oneself? Is there a reality outside oneself?

if one wishes to see a cat badly enough, one will doubtless see one.

They had the shattered look of people given what they'd wished for.

To live (as I understand it) is to exist within a conception of time. But to remember is to vacate the very notion of time. Every memory, no matter how remote its subject, takes place 'Now,' at the moment it's called to the mind. The more something is recalled, the more the brain has a chance to refine the original experience. Because every memory is a re-creation, not a playback.

What if reality (as perceived) were simply an extension of the self? Wouldn't that color the way each individual experiences the world?

To live as I understand it is to exist within a conception of time. But to remember is to vacate the very notion of time.

And then I think that while America was busy patting itself on the back and beating its chest,

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. This kind of attention nurtures greater awareness, clarity, and acceptance of present-moment reality. It wakes us up to the fact that our lives unfold only in moments. If we are not fully present for many of those moments, we may not only miss what is most valuable in our lives but also fail to realize the richness and the depth of our possibilities for growth and transformation.

even the most powerful first impressions could mask a very different truth.

Whatever is in our mind, we project onto the world outside us. Step by step, if we transform the way we think, especially by letting go of the self-grasping mind, we also transform our reality.

Impermanence. It is the nature of all things, especially relationships. They are certainly not a true cause of happiness.

My dear, your intuition may very well be right." He met her eyes directly. "But perhaps you have to allow things to unfold of their own accord. You can't force a rosebud to open by plucking at its petals. Sometimes, you must wait for nature to take its course, for the other person to see reality for himself.

I am how I am because all this is how it is. Each a different aspect of the same reality.

When we make judgements about things based on appearance, instead of on what really matters, we get into trouble.

Apart from concept," he confirmed, "there is no self. It is just an idea. A notion. A thing that comes and goes. A story we tell ourselves about our experience of reality that's changing the whole time, sometimes up, sometimes down.

Naše prožívaní reality je spíš projekcí naší vlastní mysli, a to mnohem víc než si p?ipouštíme.