Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea. — David Blaine Copy Share Image
Misfortune occurs or can occur to anyone, of any sort of character. The eudaimonic has more resources to avoid it (being in… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
But what I wanted back had never really been there. He was a temporary illusion, a mirage of water after walking in… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
THE ULTIMATE METAPHYSICAL SECRET, if we dare state it so simply, is that there are no boundaries in the universe. Boundaries are… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Not so deep down, we all know that safety is an illusion, that only character melds us together. That’s why most of… — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
A good simulation, be it a religious myth or scientific theory, gives us a sense of mastery over experience. To represent something… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
When I think about popular culture, I can't help but think that we're living in the age of loneliness. There's this illusion… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I harbor no illusion that government and elected office is a panacea for all of society's ills. — Michael Tubbs Copy Share Image
The phrase "It's absolutely the same with me, I..." seems to be an approving echo, a way of continuing the other's thought,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
He is solid; immovable, iron-willed. He showed me one day his killing bottle. I'm imprisoned in it. Fluttering against the glass. Because… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Workplace romances - or even the illusion of a workplace romance - can carry many ramifications and consequences. — Judy Smith Copy Share Image
A lot of times, our guides are at the same level that we are at spiritually. We are their jobs, and they… — Echo Bodine Copy Share Image
It's an illusion I've noticed before-- words on a page are like oxygen to a petrol engine, firing up ghosts. It only… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“If you know one thing very well and the rest only superficially, that one thing will always appear to be more 'unique.” — Piero Scaruffi Copy Share Image
The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
But I cannot forget that, at other times I have been deceived in sleep by similar illusions; and, attentively considering those cases,… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Poetry is simply literature reduced to the essence of its active principle. It is purged of idols of every kind, of realistic… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
If you see the illusion you are enlightened, but if you think that you are enlightened you are in the illusion! — H. W. L. Poonja Copy Share Image
“Sometimes for the spectators a great magic effect is worth a life’s experience.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
My friends, I tell you repeatedly that the illusion that Life creates is very, very intelligent. The illusion itself is intelligent! Just… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
Everything is illusion, except for the Divine Love of God that is all-pervading which you can feel through your Spirit. — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image