The tree and the shadow

Character is like a tree,
and reputation is like a shadow.
The shadow is what we think of it;
the tree is the real thing.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

The truth

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895

What is reality

We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are

quote by Anaïs Nin