Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.

Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn't mean it is simple.

They tease me now, telling me it was only a dream. But does it matter whether it was a dream or reality, if the dream made known to me the truth?

Perspective - Use It or Lose It. If you turned to this page, you're forgetting that what is going on around you is not reality. Think about that.

The world isn't what you think it is.

A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

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

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Reality is an acquired taste.

The real world is much smaller than the imaginary

Things are NEVER what they seem, Pa, I thought. I used to think they were, but I was wrong or stupid or blind or something. Old folks are forever complaining about their failing eyesight, but I think your vision gets better as you get older. Mine surely was.

I feel that one of the most important lessons that can be learned is that what we "see" may be different than what is actually in front of us.

I thought of a high school report I did on the Belgian artist Rene Magritte and a quote I once read from him, something about his favorite walk being the one he took around his own bedroom. He said that he never understood the need for people to travel because all the poetry and perspective you're ever going to get you already posses. Anais Nin had the same idea. We see the world as we are. So if it's the same brain we bring with us every time we open our eyes, what's the difference if we're looking at an island cove or a pocket watch?

It's all real and it's all illusory: that's Awareness!

Life is not always what we think it is.

What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens.

The truth isn't just the facts. You can have all the facts imaginable and miss the truth, just as you can have facts missing or some wrong, and reach the larger truth.

When you stop inventing reality then you see things as they really are.

I think there's more real in the unreal than there is in the real.

I think reality is over-rated

The world is a dream, you say, and it’s lovely, sometimes. Sunset. Clouds. Sky.” “No. The image is a dream. The beauty is real. Can you see the difference?

'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.

That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?