Quotes About Reality

Animals fight to save their bodies. Humans curse to defend their imagination of themselves

the power of maya: that which deludes you to be unhappy can be overpowered by another delusion that causes greater unhappiness.

BUT BRAHMA STUBBORNLY REFUSES TO take the journey towards Purusha. He is determined to find identity and meaning through Prakriti alone. Brahma divides subjective reality into two parts: what belongs to him and what does not belong to him. Property is thus created. It is humankind's greatest delusion through which humanity seeks to generate meaning and identity.

Truth can terrify. But there are many who face truth fearlessly.

Should the urge to find a fixed single objective truth grip you, remind yourself: Within infinite myths lies an eternal truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes Indra, a hundred You and I, only two.

while Tolkien's stories were not historically real, they were true

Walau tak ada yang sempurna, hidup ini indah apa adanya.

Tapi, hidup ini cair. Semesta bergerak. Realitas berubah. Seluruh simpul dari kesadaran kita berkembang mekar. Hidup akan mengikis apa saja yang memilih diam, memaksa kita untuk mengikuti arus agungnya yang jujur, tetapi penuh rahasia. Kamu, tidak terkecuali.

Ajarkan aku menjadi naif. Senaif dirimu yang masih bisa tertawa. Senaif kebahagiaan kita berdua. Karena setiap detik dikala kenyataan mulai bersinggungan. Aku rasakan sakit yang nyaris tak tertahankan. Atau ajarkan aku menjadi penipu, apabila ternyata kau merasakan sakit di dalam tawamu.

Ah, reality TV: where opportunists delight in exposing opportunism! It's kind of like the indie music scene.

I just go about my life. I'm a mom, I drive an SUV, I go to the grocery store every day. I'm definitely not a celebrity. I always say that I'm a celebrity-adjacent.

People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies.

I have heard people bewailing man's landing on the moon, as though before it was touched by an astronaut's foot it was made of silver or mother-of-pearl, and that footprint turned it into gray dust. But the moon never was made of mother-of-pearl, and it still shines as if it were so made.

In a world full of lies, the most dangerous ones are those we tell ourselves.

Although churches seem the most natural space to perform spiritual awakening, the disconcerting reality is that many people in Western society see churches more as museums of religion than sacred stages that dramatize the movement of God's spirit.

Where is the fault? Is it believing that the people you love are immortal? Untouchable? No, everyone believes that. Only no one know it's what they believe- until it happens. Then comes the rage, the banging about the walls, crying what if, what if. Everyone is always so damned surprised, that is the horror of it.

The real thing isn't always sunshine and roses and it's not always Ã¢â'¬Â¦ exciting or thrilling, but it's solid. That's the kind of thing that lasts.

We can't always have what we want in life. I should know that by now.

There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.

I never even believed in divorce until after I got married.

One is never as happy as one thinks, nor as unhappy as one hopes.

Nothing is ever the same. Nothing is permanent. Nothing can be trusted to be there. Nothing is safe, including home. Why lie to yourself? Every day we leave something, someone, some observation behind.

I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.

Heavy exposure to media alters the viewer's perception of social reality in a way that matches the media world.