Reality Quotes

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Reality Quotes

These reality quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

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"Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death."

-- Elon Musk

"Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death."

-- Elon Musk

"A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

-- Gautama Buddha

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

-- Gautama Buddha

"The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world."

-- Gautama Buddha

"The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good."

-- Gautama Buddha

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

-- Gautama Buddha

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow."

-- William Shakespeare

"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow."

-- William Shakespeare

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."

-- William Shakespeare

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."

-- William Shakespeare

"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together."

-- William Shakespeare

"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together."

-- William Shakespeare

"Expectation is the root of all heartache."

-- William Shakespeare

"Expectation is the root of all heartache."

-- William Shakespeare

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

-- William Shakespeare

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

-- William Shakespeare

"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be."

-- Albert Einstein

"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be."

-- Albert Einstein

"Time is an illusion."

-- Albert Einstein

"Time is an illusion."

-- Albert Einstein

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

-- Albert Einstein

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

-- Albert Einstein

"The unreal has no existence; the real never ceases to be."

-- Krishna

"The unreal has no existence; the real never ceases to be."

-- Krishna

"All beings are subject to delusion at birth."

-- Krishna

"All beings are subject to delusion at birth."

-- Krishna

"I am the gambling of the fraudulent, the splendor of the splendid."

-- Krishna

"I am the gambling of the fraudulent, the splendor of the splendid."

-- Krishna

"I am Time, the destroyer of worlds."

-- Krishna

"I am Time, the destroyer of worlds."

-- Krishna

"Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and ego — these are the eightfold division of My nature."

-- Krishna

"Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and ego — these are the eightfold division of My nature."

-- Krishna

"Change is the law of the universe. You can be a millionaire, or a pauper in an instant."

-- Krishna

"Change is the law of the universe. You can be a millionaire, or a pauper in an instant."

-- Krishna

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These reality quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

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Some of the most celebrated reality quotes come from Krishna, Albert Einstein, William Shakespeare, Gautama Buddha, among many others featured on this page.

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Popular reality quotes include: "Change is the law of the universe. You can be a millionaire, or a pauper in an instant." -- Krishna Also: "Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and ego — these are the eightfold division of My nature." -- Krishna.

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