"I wasn't really asleep I was just meditating on unconsciousness."

-- Paul Bourget

#Reality Quotes

“In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.”

Source : Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”
“Acceptance and awareness are the keys to freedom.”
“Within three hours of a disaster event there should be a recon damage assessment of the infrastructure and an educated guess as to the casualties and degree of imminent human peril. Then make the airdrops of supplies and personnel. Simultaneously, Seabees would be dropped in, with lights and generators, to begin rescue efforts.”

Source : "We Need An Emergency Boss" by Steven Van Zandt, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 13, 2010.
“My classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself.”
“No two people can see the world in the same way. No matter what youâ€™re looking at, no one is seeing it the same way you are.”
“Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong struggle: permit us to question - to doubt - to not be sure. I think that it is important that we do not forget this struggle and thus perhaps lose what we have gained.”
“While strength is the natural quality of an individual seen in isolation, power springs up between men when they act together and vanishes the moment they disperse.”
“Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.”

Source : "‘Four Agreements’ Author Don Miguel Ruiz Reveals How Doubt Can Lead To Happiness" by don Miguel Angel Ruiz, don Jose Ruiz, with Janet Mills, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 2, 2013.

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