How to forgive the world for its beauty, which merely disguises its ugliness; for its gentleness, which merely cloaks its cruelty; for… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
In the Competition for making the future which never comes, a pure illusion, we forget the eternal, precious, timeless now. — Akash Rajoriya Copy Share Image
So many people seem to imagine that because the actual tools of writing are easily accessible, it is less difficult than the… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
I don't want to fool people. If I wanted to do that, I would be working with virtual reality. I want to… — Vik Muniz Copy Share Image
In any city with lots of skyscrapers, lots of skyline, the moon seems bigger than it is. It's called the moon illusion. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
What we see on the TV screen, or the film screen or what we listen to in music, we have an illusion… — Shari Wiedmann Copy Share Image
Among the illusions which have invested our civilization is an absolute belief that the solutions to our problems must be a more… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I believe from my many experiences that the spirit world is more real, more solid, than this earth in which we live.… — Rosemary Altea Copy Share Image
The only thing that endures is character. Fame and wealth-all that is illusion. All that endures is character. — O. J. Simpson Copy Share Image
In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ethics without virtue is an illusion. What is the highest purpose of ethics? It is to make a person good, that is… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The Web, the great time-killer that had replaced conspicuously passive television with its seductive illusion of productivity. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
I don't drink or do any drugs. I never have and I never will. I don't need them. I'm a black woman… — Bertice Berry Copy Share Image
It's easy to operate under the illusion that what we are doing is so important we cannot stop doing it. ... Stopping… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
The magical, supernatural force that is with us every second is time. We can't even comprehend it. It's such an illusion, it's… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
All choices are illusions, or if they are not illusions their strength is illusory, for one choice must contend with the choices… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. People are only glamorous if you… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
However many people complain about the "red tape," it would be sheer illusion to think ... continuous administrative work can be carried… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
The motion picture is like a picture of a lady in a half-piece bathing suit. If she wore a few more clothes,… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Even if I have already peaked, I have to believe I can improve. I wake up every morning, and go to practice,… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
There is yet another illusion, that it is important to be respectable, to be loved and appreciated, to be important. Many say… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
