When you empty yourself of the illusions of who and what you think you are, there is less to lose than you… — Carol Orsborn Copy Share Image
There is no more cruel illusion than that war makes a people richer. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Seth gave her that: a private space to believe in the illusion of normalcy. — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
Science is a contemplative possession of reality through exclusion of all illusion, error and ignorance. — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
This country wants to live in the illusion that it is tolerant but also wants to be able to practice intolerance. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Ghetto humor is the social twin of fantasy; together they sustain the powerless, who accomplish miracles through illusion. — Sheila Ballantyne Copy Share Image
I am the Mindfreak, there's no Reality! Just this World of Illusion that keeps on haunting me. — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets,… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
All religions, all this singing, one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity. The sun’s light looks a little different on… — Rumi Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with creating jobs. What's wrong is to seed the illusion that you will magically bring back the economy of… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Growing up in the Boroughs, I thought I must be the cleverest boy in the world, an illusion that I was able… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
It's what we live for, to be able to make great illusions. The thing about 'Entourage' is everything we do is realistic.… — Adrian Grenier Copy Share Image
“Everything in the world is maya, an illusion. The ultimate truth one has to realise is that we actually need nothing. Because… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
You're never really playing yourself. You're always acting. It's an illusion that you're really playing yourself. The only time I'm playing myself… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
Pure physical sensation, social status, sexual attraction, and feeling like a winner are generally superficial, which is why people hunger for them… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
There is no neatness in any life- great or small. It is only an illusion men foolishly pursue. All lived lives are… — Tarun J. Tejpal Copy Share Image
When someone tells you, 'I love you,' and then you feel, 'Oh, I must be worthy after all,' that's an illusion. That's… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Birth leads to death, death precedes birth. So if you want to see life as it really is, it is rounded on… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Fortunately, all you have to get rid of is the illusion. People think they have to get rid of the small self… — Jan Esmann Copy Share Image
When I compare life to a dream I do not mean to denigrate it as some sort of meaningless fantasy. Life is… — Timothy Freke Copy Share Image
“...I continued to sit there hour after hour watching the unrelenting rain slosh against the glass, thinking of our life together, Lotte's… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
It is difficult not to believe that the next year will be better than the old one! And this illusion is not… — Kersti Bergroth Copy Share Image
Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“To not be able to see ‘as it is’ and to see it in some another form is called illusion (bhranti).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Life in illusion is in a transient belief on insight without perspective” — Farley Maglaya Copy Share Image
If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just… — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
The causes of illusions are not pretty to discover. They're either vicious or tragic. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The fear of death is the fear of the end of an illusion; so long as the illusion persists so long will… — Christmas Humphreys Copy Share Image
The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions. — James Jones Copy Share Image
“...everything we cling to is really an illusion that's manufactured by people who want to control us.” — Laurel Dewey Copy Share Image
Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“To be civilized, really, is to be aware of the others, their hopes, their gladnesses, their illusions about life” — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
“To lose something is an illusion because everything we own is just a mirage! And you, you cannot lose something which is… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years. — Sheila Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“What Albert Einstein termed optical delusion, The Indians termed Maya or Illusion.” — Mohit.K.Misra Copy Share Image
We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane. — Tariq Ali 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
