Existence an illusion from which we peel shard after shard…

There is a notion that existence is an illusion. Existence is not an illusion. Existence is a projection from the inner through the brain…

— Barry Long

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.…

— Saul Bellow

Every Universe exists depending on the Knowledge that reflects it and not in its absence. It is absolutely true that our ancestors saw this…

— Sorin Cerin

“Everything we perceive to be solid and static is made up of almost entirely empty space.”

— Joseph P. Kauffman

“Buddhist philosophy points out that the true nature of all forms is essentially formless. Forms do not have an existence of their own, but…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

“According to Zen Buddhists, all things have their existence in The Void. The Void is that which is no-thing, but contains all things within…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

With stillness comes the benediction of peace”. “Thinking isolates a situation or event and calls it good or bad, as if it had a…

— Eckhart Tolle

Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings…

— Thomas Hardy

Ultimately, of course, you must decide for yourself whether the subjective psychological effects created by your evolved cognitive biases reflect an objective reality, perhaps…

— Jesse Bering

Imagine: you've spent all day traipsing round London, lost in a maze of chaos, trying to find a hidden illusion; you've been living on…

— Kevin Brooks

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one –Albert Einstein”

— Anonymous

“The worst fear of the race yes, the world suddenly transformed into a senseless nightmare, horrible dissolution of things. Nothing compares, even oblivion is…

— Thomas Ligotti

I think, is wonderful about growing older, is appreciation for the miracle of existence, of life. I thank God every day. I also do…

— Barbra Streisand

Even the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all evils, is…

— Maimonides

Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom Between the conception And…

— Anonymous