From this we conclude, that, to live in harmony and peace…we must trace a line of distinction between those (assertions) that are capable of verification, and those that are not; (we must) separate by an inviolable barrier the world of fantastical beings from the world of realities.
Constantin-François de Chassebœuf de VolneyTags: reality peace harmony scientific separation-of-church-and-state fictional thomas-jefferson verification enlightenment-principles thomas-jefferson-translation
In itself a wall on which a panoramic view of a non-existent world is drawn does not change. But for a great deal of money you can buy a view from the window with a painted sun, a sky-blue bay and a calm evening. Unfortunately the author of this fragment will again be Ed—but even this is not important, because the very window the view is bought for is also only drawn in. Then perhaps the wall on which it is drawn is a drawing too? But drawn by whom and on what?
He raised his eyes to the wall of the toilet as though in hopes of an answer there. Traced on the tiles in red felt-tip pen were the jolly, rounded letters of a brief slogan: "Trapped? Masturbate!
Tags: reality capitalism metaphysics
What you knew in your childhood is true; the Otherworld of magic and enchantment is real, sometimes terribly real - and certainly more real than the factual reality which our culture has built up, brick by brick, to shut out colour and light and prevent us from flying.
Patrick HarpurTags: reality childhood magic otherworld
General belief is “There is no real magic, only tricks” but a great magician compel people not to trust that belief and make them believe, after all "There does exist a real magic".
Amit KalantriTags: illusions art reality belief believe magic artists illusion artist magical artistry real magicians magician
But there's so much that was a lie, it's hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters.
Veronica RothTags: truth reality lie matters
The dumbest thing one could ever do is to hold on to something that is slippery
Angel PhetheniTags: reality
Life when one first arrives is a continual mortification as one's romantic illusions are successively shattered and the musical treasure-house of one's imagination crumbles before the hopelessness of the reality. Every day fresh experiences bring fresh disappointments.
Hector BerliozTags: imagination disillusionment reality passion music sadness creativity musician reality-expectation disillusion disillusioned passion-for-life creativity-and-attitude
They may have been rightly overbearing in her formative years, but they also loved Roselyn enough to trust she needed dreams more than realities.
Thomm QuackenbushTags: pain love reality parents dreams
There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not some day be applied to phenomena of the real world.
Nikolai LobachevskyTags: science reality world mathematics abstract application scientist
Enjoy what you have this moment. Don't wait around for something that might not happen.
Xena ThorntonTags: life inspirational reality
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