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Only later did I come to understand that to be a mother is to be an illusion. No matter how vigilant, in… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Nostalgia is partly illusion in that we remember things differently as we get older, etc. But that doesn't mean, when historians look… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“...behind the scene, under the surface of reality, you are all actors, marvelously skilled at playing parts and in getting lost in… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
For men to focus on controlling women's reproduction to solve a society's problems seems nothing short of mad or, at best, superstitious.… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
Self-defense is only an illusion, a dark cloak beneath which lurks a razor-sharp dagger waiting to be plunged into the first unwary… — Wong Shun Leung Copy Share Image
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One problem with people is that as soon as they fill a space it's them you see and not the space. Large,… — Erlend Loe Copy Share Image
But what else can we do when we're so weak? We invest hours each day, months each year, years each lifetime in… — Nick Hornby 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
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There is so much that glows in the circus, from flames to lanterns to stars. I have heard the expression “trick of… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
I am a being of Heaven and Earth,of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies, of the suns and… — Eden Ahbez Copy Share Image
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It isn't so much that God is the unified state of consciousness that each of us came from and will return to,… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
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“When we see one another as different aspects of ourselves—as ourselves experiencing a different situation and circumstance—we develop a love, a connection,… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
When we "fall" in love, as the expressive verb puts it, the world shakes and changes around us, not only in the… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
With all thy getting, get understanding, is the banner under which these Forbes editorials have appeared since the first issue of the… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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One cannot overstate the childishness of the ideas that feed and stir the masses. Real ideas must as a rule be simplified… — Sebastian Haffner Copy Share Image
What does it mean to know and experience my own “nothingness?” It is not enough to turn away in disgust from my… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
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At first I protested and rebelled against poetry. I was about to deny my poetic worlds. I was doing violence to my… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
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There's strong men of wisdom in many different fields. They say 5% of the people are wise and righteous and 10% are… — RZA Copy Share Image
The metaphysics of substance. The strange feeling which comes over us when we sense: this is skin - this is bone -… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
Empathy with someone else's pain or lack and a desire to help need to be balanced with a deeper realization of the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
While we only look at Nature it is fair to say that Autumn is the end of the year; but it is… — Karel Capek Copy Share Image
Humour allows us to see that ultimately things don't make sense. The only thing that truly makes sense is letting go of… — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Copy Share Image
When you finally realize that peace is your natural state of being then you will know that any form of non-peace is… — John Phillips Copy Share Image
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“Have you ever died before? It’s a serious question. When the illusion of self is shattered, you simply cease to be. Though… — Tameem Antoniades Copy Share Image
The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Fighting is all about calmness and relaxation. My appearance was all an illusion. My appearance is of a mad man, but I'm… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
The world of shapes, lines, curves, and solids is as varied as the world of numbers, and it is only our long-satisfied… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
You have been professing yourself reluctant to throw off your load of illusion because truth was uncertain. Well, it is certain now,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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