Quotes about Reality
Right Response to Reality—the Three R's—is the fundamental principle of morality, of sanctity, and of sanity.
— Peter Kreeft
The ultimate reason we must become holy is that that is the only way to become real.
— Peter Kreeft
Dostoyevsky says, "love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams" (The Brothers Karamazov).
— Peter Kreeft
Expect the world to be Heaven, and it will feel like Hell. Expect it to be Purgatory, and it will feel like Heaven. The two most salient facts about Purgatory are pain and hope, suffering and meaning.
— Peter Kreeft
The only honest reason for anyone ever to believe anything is that it is true, that it is really there.
— Peter Kreeft
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— Peter Kreeft
The second reason was to make public and visible an invisible spiritual reality. This is the purpose of all the sacraments. Indeed, it is the fundamental purpose of matter itself.
— Peter Kreeft
Many people disbelieve in angels because they disbelieve in spirit. They believe only matter exists.
— Peter Kreeft
All that exists is metaphysically true and metaphysically good.
— Peter Kreeft
Pure truth is possible, but pure falsehood is not.
— Peter Kreeft
Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally.
— Philip K. Dick
Any given man sees only a tiny portion of the total truth, and very often, in fact almost perpetually, he deliberately deceives himself about that little precious fragment as well.
— Philip K. Dick