Reality

To think that the affairs of this life always remain in the same state is a vain presumption; indeed they all seem to be perpetually changing and moving in a circular course. Spring is followed by summer, summer by autumn, and autumn by winter, which is again followed by spring, and so time continues its everlasting round. But the life of man is ever racing to its end, swifter than time itself, without hope of renewal, unless in the next that is limitless and infinite.”


― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

Interesting dialogue from the movie "The Next Three Days"
John Brennan-(Russell Crowe) -teacher at a community college whose wife is erroneously convicted of murder and imprisoned for 20 years.
John Brennan:  "So, "The Life and Times of Don Quixote," what is it about?"
  Student: "That someones belief in virtue is more important than virtue itself?"   John Brennan: Yeah, that's in there. What else is it about? ...Could it be about how rational thought destroys the soul? The triumph of irrationality, and the power that is in it...Now we spend a lot of time trying to organize the world. We build clocks and calendars and we try to predict the weather, but what part of our life is truly under our control? What if we choose to exist in a reality of our own making, does that render us insane; and if so - isn't that better than a life of despair?"