In general, it’s not too hard to corrupt an American, mostly a matter of supply to their demand. Supply should be variegated… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Observe your actions but be so busy that you never contemplate their possible effects. It is only this consciousness that leads to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We have a fictional “I” that we try to love and protect. We spend most of our life playing this futile game.… — Charlotte Joko Beck Copy Share Image
Many of us rely on our own illusion of control. But when God makes it known to you that you're not the… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
I was naïve when I was young, I was sheltered. I had illusions about who I was going to be, delusions, and… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
“…there is no truth beyond illusion…between 'reality' on the one hand, and the point where reality comes into being, where two very… — Tartt Donna Copy Share Image
This specter of the female politician, who abandons her family to neglect for the sake of passing bills in parliament, is just… — Frances Power Cobbe Copy Share Image
You cannot hurt animals, so what do I do? I kill the dog first. Then I do it with the boy. You're… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
If you have a strong ego [and] something good happens to an acquaintance of yours, [it] makes you feel bad. It's called… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“I spoke of the tragic illusion of perpetuity, but, no, my friends, it is a comic one. The ludicrous plot in which… — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
No disease of the imagination is so difficult to cure, as that which is complicated with the dread of guilt : fancy… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“I don't like when I can't control what reality is doing. Which is unfortunate because reality works independently of the things I… — Allie Brosh Copy Share Image
“I feel that from the very beginning life played a terrible conjurer’s trick on me. I lost faith in it. It seems… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“The first enslaving illusion is the idea that people are born to be consumers and that they can attain any of their… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
No two notes are ever the same volume. With the guitar, you really have to model in your mind this wider thing;… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
In Hindu philosophy the whole creation is regarded as the Vishnu Lila, the play of Vishnu. Lila means dance or play. Also… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“It is an eternal phenomenon: the insatiable will always finds a way to detain its creatures in life and compel them to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
All suffering is caused by the illusion of separateness, which generates fear and self-hatred, which eventually causes illness. You are the master… — Barbara Brennan Copy Share Image
The idea that emotion can be separated from sex is a Christian illusion, one of the most ingenious but finally unworkable strategies… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
When you interact with another, an illusion is part of this dynamic. This illusion allows each soul to perceive what it needs… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
“According to Zen Buddhists, all things have their existence in The Void. The Void is that which is no-thing, but contains all… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
You see, in recent history, the Democrat party has created the illusion that their agenda and their policies are what’s best for… — Elbert Guillory Copy Share Image
So now that the illusion of infinite growth is being exposed, the corresponding ballooning entitlements that enticed the larger public to become… — Charles Hugh Smith Copy Share Image
Don't torment yourself with jealousy. It's a silly illusion that someone's life is better than yours when the truth is that each… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet regime in 1985 was no indication of what the people inside… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
When the dimensional shift gets to a certain level, guess what? The illusion won't be able to remain stable anymore, and so… — Christine McCormick Day Copy Share Image
“There is something within me that might be illusion as it is often case with young delighted people, but if I would… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
All things look good from far away and it is man's eternally persistent childlike faith in the reality of that illusion that… — Rockwell Kent Copy Share Image
Reality even when it is sad is better than illusions. Illusions are at the mercy of any winds that blow. Real happiness… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
“Control is only an illusion to calm yourself into believing things will go a certain way. give up control, let life lead… — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
“When people who don't know you well admire you, they are seeing their projected illusion, not your real self. In contrast, when… — Haemin Sunim Copy Share Image
“You are not limited to this body, to this mind, or to this reality—you are a limitless ocean of Consciousness, imbued with… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That's part of the framing of acoustical instruments. Finding what those… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
There is only truth to be found - no lies, no shams, no illusions, no hypocrisy. Just a truthful place, where all… — Eustace Conway Copy Share Image
I believe in the Biblical documents supporting Jesus. But I have no illusions about them. I think they contain many flaws, scribal… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image