Reality Check Quotes
Quotes tagged as "reality-check"
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“Now I'm awake to the world. I was asleep before. That's how we let it happen. When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the constitution, we didn't wake up then, either. Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.”
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“Don't spend your life wondering "what if" and worrying over something you have no control. What's done is done. Looking backwards will cause you to miss out on new blessings ahead. Move on.”
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“I borrowed a copy of Myths of the Norsemen by Roger Lancelyn Green and read and reread it with delight and puzzlement: Asgard, in this telling, was no longer a Kirbyesque Future City but was a Viking hall and collection of buildings out on the frozen wastes; Odin the all-father was no longer gentle, wise, and irascible, but instead he was brilliant, unknowable, and dangerous; Thor was just as strong as the Mighty Thor in the comics, his hammer as powerful, but he was . . . well, honestly, not the brightest of the gods; and Loki was not evil, although he was certainly not a force for good. Loki was . . . complicated.”
― Norse Mythology
― Norse Mythology
“Ne dites pas trop de mal de vous-meme: on vous croirait. - Don't talk too badly of yourself: they might believe you.”
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“Testing the wrong person can prove a massive failure for the antagonist.”
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
“Don't, but if at all, then, lie to the whole damn world - never to your own damn, silly stupid self.”
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“Living is a constant process of debunking our romantic notions of how our personal life will unfold. Reality oftentimes fails to meet a person’s glamorous expectations.”
― Dead Toad Scrolls
― Dead Toad Scrolls
“We must realize that people do not have to conform to one another. We are after all, ultimately beholden to ourselves.”
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
“My life is a mess", these are the words of teens now-a-days who literally haven't seen above the border of their shoulder.”
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“You can choose daily to brace up and face the harsh realities of life . . .
Or while away the days that come by daydreaming . . .
Better still, you can make your dreams your realities.”
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Or while away the days that come by daydreaming . . .
Better still, you can make your dreams your realities.”
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“Sometimes getting insane is all worth it, because sanity doesn’t make sense all the time.”
― The Awakening Wisdom of Life: Probably the best Quotation Book in the world
― The Awakening Wisdom of Life: Probably the best Quotation Book in the world
“You are a chemical reaction which sole true purpose is to convert low entropy energy into high entropy energy through what you call your life, which is so insignificant of a time span in the universe, that everything that you will ever do, feel, say or think is utterly meaningless in the face of the inevitable heat death of the universe.”
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“Staring down the reality of war, far from home, asleep among strangers, that familiarity, those memories, those ties kept us going; gave us a reason to persevere; toughened us up.”
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
“I’ve learned through a series of trials and errors that the median space is actually what's missing in our daily walk.”
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
“We live in a world with an ever-growing population. Personal space these days is at a premium. Physically, we are practically tripping over our fellow man. Mentally and spiritually, the divide among us seems to widen.”
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
“When I was in the Navy, everyone fell under the purview of “navy gray”. It is the military’s way of reminding its enlisted personnel that they are all equal. Man or woman, black or white, young or old, everyone was navy gray. With God's grace I can proudly say a better understanding of this concept has helped me ameliorate disputes, mend fences that appeared hopeless and find light in the midst of darkness.”
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
― The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
“After you die, a rare friend or family member may carry your memory throughout life. Most will forget you. As if you were never here.”
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“No matter how successful or skilled you are, you will inevitably fail at many things in your work.”
― Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
― Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
“The metaphysical truth and the end reality is simply this - you are All. Infinite Oneness. Consciousness is but only a part of it. So, you're consciousness, and yet more. You're the Whole. Thus is 'That'. Get it.”
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“I had an enemy - myself. Getting rid of the ego-self, in came the Self. Now, here, there, everywhere is nothing else. Just One Self.”
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“Just like you silly bums, I have a personal sky god. I bow to him, as you do to your airy-fairy sod. He prefers I call him Mr. NOT.”
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“I'm joking when I say I'm the grand-pop of those claiming to be an avatar-messiah or god. But if they're serious, then, I am who I am.”
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“I wouldn't doubt it for a second if any of these literature teachers had a hand-sculpted custom-made replica of Shakespeare's dick.”
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“When you address and acknowledge unpleasant realities, your creativity begins to soar and you come up with apparently magical solutions to problems.”
― Engineering Success: The True Meaning of Leadership and Team Building
― Engineering Success: The True Meaning of Leadership and Team Building
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