On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course, when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes, we rush to… — Jean Dieudonne Copy Share Image
To ensure that our views are credible, our brain accepts what our eye sees. To ensure that our views are positive, our… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Each part of the mind sees only a little of what happens in some others, and that little is swiftly refined, reformulated… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
That's the trouble with cookbooks. Like sex education and nuclear physics, they are founded on an illusion. They bespeak order, but they… — Anthony Lane Copy Share Image
If on the one side we do not harbor the illusion that the entire proletariat must be enlightened before it can be… — Johann Most Copy Share Image
We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
Just like all my novels, 'Illusion' is a good way to observe where Frank Peretti was in his life when he wrote… — Frank Peretti Copy Share Image
Like true philosophers I've come to believe that religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown after proper education. — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
“We are so fascinated by the complexity and beauty of the various forms in nature, that we have been led away from… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
One thing only do I know for certain and that is that man's judgments of value follow directly his wishes for happiness-that,… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“As much longing there is for the worldly pleasure of five senses, that much less is the spiritual development.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these characters, and to make… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Modern man's difficulties, dangerous beliefs and feelings of loneliness, spiritual emptiness,and personal weakness are caused by his illusions about, and separation from,… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
The science-denial machinery is a serious adversary, and it has a big advantage over real science: it does not need to win… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
As I've said, freedom is really an illusion. Anytime we think we have a real choice, it just means we haven't seen… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
Now let me be clear - I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Time is just an illusion. What you need is to live this very moment. That is all that matters. — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
“As long as one is ruled by illusion, one’s thinking process is also illusory and that is nothing but misery. In Gnanis’… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
One can't write a weird story of real power without perfect psychological detachment from the human scene, and a magic prism of… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything… — Mata Hari Copy Share Image
I love nature dearly and all creatures that contribute to make it what it is. I see the beauty in all expressions… — Yossi Ghinsberg Copy Share Image
Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
