Robin Williams Quotes

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

The relationship between the imagined and the real is more complicated than people imagine.

There is no doubt whatsoever that the universe is the merest illusion.

There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.

The world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?

What is reality, anyway? Just a collective hunch.

You will not ever perceive the truth that is reality. There are many realities.

How can the writer know reality if it is that which gets into him and sweeps him away, forever onto the sidelines.

I understand the difference between perception and reality.

There are only two types of people in the world. There are the people who understand that this is a matrix, and then there are the people who buy it lock, stock and barrel.

'Tell me one last thing,' said Harry. 'Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?' Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. 'Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?'

Consciousness is either inexplicable illusion, or else revelation.

If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.

How paradoxical it is to search reality for the pictures that are stored in one's memory.

I have a feeling Virtual Reality will further expose the conceit that 'reality' is a fact. It will provide another reminder of the seamless continuity between the world outside and the world within, delivering another major hit to the old fraud of objectivity. 'Real,' as Kevin Kelly put it, 'is going to be one of the most relative words we'll have.'

Perception is reality, but it may not be actuality, and you have got to be able to keep the difference between that.

If all be a Dream, then he doth but dream that he makes the Question; and so it is not much matter that a waking Man should answer him.

The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be."

Your perception of the world is ... really a fabrication of your model of the world. You don't really see light or sound. You perceive it because your model says this is how the world is, and those patterns invoke the model. It's hard to believe, but it really is true.

Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two.

A lot of people experience the world with the same incredulity as when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.…We know that the world is not all sleight of hand and deception because we are in it, we are part of it. Actually we are the white rabbit being pulled out of the hat. The only difference beween us and the white rabbit is that the rabbit does not realize it is taking part in a magic trick.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

We only exist in terms of how we think we exist. Meaning every cultural development is fabricated and can be fabricated.

Because our entire universe is made up of consciousness, we never really experience the universe directly we just experience our consciousness of the universe, our perception of it, so right, our only universe is perception.

The world is real. Consciousness is the illusion.