Since it is impossible to know what's really happening, we Peruvians lie, invent, dream and take refuge in illusion. Because of these… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, for the vast majority of us, a vast majority of the time, we surrender our true autonomy to this illusion of… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
The happiness of being envied is glamour. Being envied is a solitary form of reassurance. It depends precisely upon not sharing your… — John Berger Copy Share Image
It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
That’s the great illusion of travel, of course, the notion that there’s somewhere to get to. A place where you can finally… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
We think we're saving time with microwaves, cell phones, beepers, computers and voice mail, but often these things help us create the… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom - like success - carrying… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
The world could be anything, you know, It could be a solid state matrix of some sort. It could be an illusion.… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
“No matter how many times audience has already applauded, the sound of their applause will get louder with the better quality of… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Once you empower people and say,' Here you are, now you get to dream the great dream of becoming a full citizen… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“Like the moon shining bright Up high with all its grace, I can only show you at night And hide half of… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“There is no cure for illusions. There is only the opportunity for discovery.” — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
You have no fixed self. This is only an illusion that causes you to feel pain and suffering. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, we were all laboring under the illusion, or maybe it was a reality, that everyone in… — James Woods Copy Share Image
[Flaubert] didn’t just hate the railway as such; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress. What was… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
If a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger… — Chin-Ning Chu 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
The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Your dreams become illusion when you are working in the opposite with your shadow. — Vikrant Parsai 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
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
As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Have felt it myself. The glitter of nuclear weapons. It is irresistible if you come to them as a scientist. To feel… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
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