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Christof1 quote
We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented. It's as simple as that. — Christof · 1998George Berkeley1 quote
What do we perceive besides our own ideas or sensations? — George Berkeley · 1710Hermann Hesse1 quote
Everything that is thought and expressed in words is one-sided, only half the truth; it all lacks totality, completeness, unity. — Hermann Hesse · 1922Lewis Carroll1 quote
"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." — Lewis Carroll · 1871Mark Twain1 quote
There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream—a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought—a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities! — Mark Twain · 1910Morpheus1 quote
What is "real"? How do you define "real"? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, you can taste and see, then "real" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain. — Morpheus · 1999Philip K. Dick1 quote
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. — Philip K. Dick · 1978