"Time and again human consciousness fixates, and slams the door on its greatest gift, the open-endedness of infinite possibility. As a result we do not experience reality but merely our concept of it."

-- Jose Arguelles

#Reality Quotes #Doors Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“Time is given us to use in view of eternity.”
“And what is the very essence of poetry if it is not this 'metaphorical language'-this marking of the before unapprehended relations of things?”

Source : Owen Barfield (1973). “Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning”, p.67, Wesleyan University Press
“Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.”

Source : "Fictions of Every Kind" (1971)
“You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build.”
“To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.”
“Look atÂ The Adventure. A boat by night is a wonderful sight. This is the way to start a new life, with a hurricane lamp shining at the top of the mast, and the coastline disappearing behind one as the whole world lies sleeping. Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.”
“I really wanted to be an opera soprano.”
“Animation is a great way to work. No early morning call times, no make-up chair. In live action ,you're always fighting the clock; the sun is always going down too soon.”

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