Quotes about Reality
Reality is thin ice, but most people skate on it their whole lives and never fall through until the very end.
My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
Reality is often very different from what it seems. The Earth appears to be flat but is in fact spherical. The sun seems to revolve in the sky when it is really we who are spinning.
When the technology's job is to show you the world, it ends up sitting between you and reality, like a camera lens.
In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external affairs. Some practice it as if using a drug.
The recognition of the difference between appearance and reality is a human discovery.