“In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard’s vote.” ~ David Foster Wallace, Novelist ~ B: February 21, 1962 – D: September 12, 2008 “Up, Simba!”. Essay by David Foster Wallace, September 2000.
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Loneliness Was A Reality ~ Stephen King
He began to cry, not hysterically or screaming as people cry when concealed rage with tears, but with continuous sobs who has just discovered that he’s alone and will be for long. He cried because safety and reason seemed to have left the world. Loneliness was a reality, but in this situation madness was alsoContinue reading “Loneliness Was A Reality ~ Stephen King”
Quote: Democritus – Empty Space
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. ~Democritus
Thoughts
“Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.” – William James
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Reality Quote ~ Jim Morrison
Clean Water
“Clean water is only as far away as the nearest tap, and there are taps everywhere. There’s a faucet everywhere. But the reality is, the water in our toilets is cleaner than the water that most people are drinking.” – Matt Damon
Know Thyself
“The aim of human life is to know thyself. Think for yourself. Question authority. Think with your friends. Create, create new realities. Philosophy is a team sport. Philosophy is the ultimate, the ultimate aphrodisiac pleasure. Learning how to operate your brain, learning how to operate your mind, learning how to redesign chaos” – Timothy Leary
Subconscious Mind
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality. ~Earl Nightingale
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Words
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. -Edgar Allan Poe
Reality
The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is above all else a variable. With a firm enough commitment, you can sometimes create a reality which did not exist before. -Margaret Halsey, No Laughing Matter
Dream Quote ~ John Lennon
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Telling Stories
Everybody has a story to tell Whether its fiction or reality interesting humorous or boring we should all give it a listen as we may learn something new and it might give the teller a stronger voice Yes we all are story tellers
There’s….
There’s reality then there’s Trump
Iris Murdoch
Born: July 15, 1919 – Died: February 8, 1999 AZQuotes.com
When You Can’t Fall Asleep ~ Dr. Seuss
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Born: July 10, 1871 – Died: November 18, 1922
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Jane Wagner Quote On Reality
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A book a day keeps reality away
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Reality
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” – Albert Einstein
Edgar Allan Poe Quote
“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” – Edgar Allan Poe http://www.bquot.es/s/2216
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Opinions
But opinions, judgements, memories, dreaming about the future–ninety percent of the thoughts spinning around in our heads have no essential reality. — Charlotte J. Beck
Reality
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. — Thich Nhat Hanh
Adult Realizations
From my email inbox: 1. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is. 2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. 3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.Continue reading “Adult Realizations”
How do we know….
How do we know that the sky is not green and we are all colour-blind? – Author Unknown
Existence or consciousness is the only reality,… Ramana Maharshi
Existence or consciousness is the only reality. Consciousness plus waking, we call waking. Consciousness plus sleep, we call sleep. Consciousness plus dream, we call dream. Consciousness is the screen on which all the pictures come and go. The screen is real, the pictures are mere shadows on it. -Ramana Maharshi
What is Reality? – Richard Rose
What is reality? We can only the truth by teaching ourselves to face the truth in all things. If we encourage our computer to come up with erroneous answers, because they are more desirable, then we are developing a computer that we may never be able to trust. Truth is that which Is. -Richard Rose
In reality there is only Now. – Jaggi Vasudev
In reality there is only Now. If you know how to handle this moment you know how to handle the whole eternity. -Jaggi Vasudev
According to Buddhist philosophy,… – Dalai Lama
According to Buddhist philosophy, happiness is the result of an enlightened mind whereas suffering is caused by a distorted mind. This is very important. A distorted mind, in contrast to an enlightened mind, is one that is not in tune with reality. -Dalai Lama
The mystery of life… – Frank Herbert
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