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reality drawing views
Falsehood, like a drawing in perspective, will not bear to be examined in every point of view, because it is a good imitation of truth, as a perspective is of the reality, only in one. But truth, like that reality of which the perspective is the representation, will bear to be scrutinized in all points of view, and though examined under every situation, is one and the same. Charles Caleb Colton
reality kind all-kinds
Increasingly, we're developing all kinds of systems for verifying reality by echoing it. Alan Watts
reality past concrete
The past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality. Alan Watts
reality negative
Beyond positive and negative, what is Reality? Alan Watts
reality men ink
But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. Alan Watts
reality ultimate-reality ultimate
Everybody is fundamentally the ultimate reality... Alan Watts
reality confusion people
I am amazed that Congressmen can pass a bill imposing severe penalties on anyone who burns the American flag , whereas they are responsible for burning that for which the flag stands: the United States as a territory, as a people , and as a biological manifestation. That is an example of our perennial confusion of symbols with realities. Alan Watts
reality sea views
Our view of reality is like a chart of the sea - the truer it is, the less likely we will become lost. Alan Watts
reality definitions purpose
The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition are relative to various purposes, and that none of them actually “grasp” reality. Alan Watts
opposites anxiety forever
Anxiety is the fear that one of a pair of opposites might cancel the other. Forever. Alan Watts
opposites play effort
But nirvana is a radical transformation of how it feels to be alive: it feels as if everything were myself, or as if everything---including "my" thoughts and actions---were happening of itself. There are still efforts, choices, and decisions, but not the sense that "I make them"; they arise of themselves in relation to circumstances. This is therefore to feel life, not as an encounter between subject and object, but as a polarized field where the contest of opposites has become the play of opposites. Alan Watts
opposites spirituality holy
A holy person is someone who is whole; who has, as it were, reconciled his opposites. Alan Watts
opposites jumping risk
I enjoy the risk of bungee-jumping. I used to pay money to do it. Now, it's the opposite. I get paid to do action. Akshay Kumar
opposites errors obedience
To escape the error of salvation by works we have fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience. Aiden Wilson Tozer
opposites fabulous feels
You can feel whether an audience is tightened up and pulled back. Of course the opposite is an audience like we've been having in LA, which is fabulous. Chita Rivera
opposites cities london
A city like London was always going to be a paradox, the best of it so very riddled with the opposite, so Swiss-cheesed with moral holes. China Mieville
opposites facts stories
Every so often my life will feel like a story. It doesn't have to be a big thing; in fact, most often, it's just the opposite. David Sedaris
opposites years people
People have alleged that I have inspired many young people over the years, but I say, it was just the opposite. David R. Brower
understanding mind half
It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do. Charles Caleb Colton
understanding vietnam realizing
As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit themselves such an understanding. Alan Moore
understanding sides stories
If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all. Chinua Achebe
understanding levels fox-news
There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics. David Shuster
understanding safe too-much
This was the consequence of seeing too much and understanding the horrible truth: No one is safe. The world is not manageable. David Sedaris
understanding realizing understood
I'd always thought that I understood this, but lately I realize that what I call "understanding" is basically just fantasizing. David Sedaris
understanding humanity different
What helps you as an actor when it comes to roles is that deeper understanding of so many different fractions of humanity. Because oftentimes, even in comedy, there is conflict. David Koechner
understanding curiosity kind
Understanding is a kind of ecstasy Carl Sagan
understanding joining magnificence
The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos. Carl Sagan