Quotes about Reality

Jesus is pointing to an internal reality of grace that expresses itself in observable changes in individuals and their relationships.

Jesus is pointing to an internal reality of grace that expresses itself in observable changes in individuals and their relationships.

But the service Jesus rendered for us in his life, death, and resurrection is not just for forgiveness of sins or a future in heaven; it is also for the daily power to change in the present. We are not just promised life after death, but life before death! You can remember this as you face the realities of life in a broken world.

the reality our imagination embraces is the reality we will live by. If we are not captured by the truth of living in a deeply personal relationship with God, we will shrink our expectations and dreams down to the size of our own selfish wants, desires, and strategies.

Imagination is not the ability to dream up things that aren't real; it is the ability to see what is real but often unseen. As Eugene Peterson says in Subversive Spirituality, for a Christian whose hope is in an invisible God, seeing the unseen is essential. 24 Hebrews 11 calls this faith.

I loved my family, but that night in the car I hit the wall of the reality of relationships in a fallen world.

The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith, and the lesson of romance.

The great things of life are what they seem to be, and for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, are often difficult to interpret. But the little things of life are symbols. We receive our bitter lessons most easily through them.

She is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.

Mourn for Ophelia, if you like. Put ashes on your head because Cordelia was strangled. Cry out against Heaven because the daughter of Brabantio died. But don't waste your tears over Sibyl Vane. She was less real than they are.

The fact is that we look back on the ages entirely through the medium of Art, and Art, very fortunately, has never once told us the truth.

You have a dreamer's look; you must not dream. It is only sick people who dream.