I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
There are no steps to self-realization. There is nothing gradual about it. It happens suddenly and is irreversible. You rotate into a… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
The worlds of Truth (love) and illusion (fear) are like parallel universes; with every thought we make a choice which one to… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Because of the way I am built I photograph taller than I actually am; it's an optical illusion. The way you're naturally… — Lydia Hearst Copy Share Image
Because people don't understand what computing is about, they think they have it in the iPhone, and that illusion is as bad… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
“Your money myth affects your gain and luck. In economics, illusion of money affects wealth.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
I have a strange illusion quite often. I think I've become deaf. I have to make a little noise to prove I'm… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Everybody talks about freedom, citizens," the big man said gently, seeming to draw upon that very sure source of personal knowledge again,… — James Jones Copy Share Image
My philosophy is inverted Platonism: the further a thing is from true being, the purer, the lovelier, the better it is. Living… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Once we're able to see this world as an illusion and a phantasm, then we can see everything that happens to us… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Hallucinations and illusions are not facts useful for scientific investigation. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
Our very sexual identities are artifices and illusions, the result of a lifetime of striving. — John Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
Love is the chariot of emotion which takes us to our beloved. When we love we see beyond the prism of illusion. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you are forced to confront your fears on a daily basis, they disintegrate, like illusions when viewed up close. Maybe being… — Deborah Feldman Copy Share Image
I looked across the river to Manhattan. It was a great view. When Sadie and I had first arrived at Brooklyn House,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I love filmmaking when fate is a part of the process and you are dependent on the laws of physics and the… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
If you want to realize yourselves all your pet illusions must be unmasked. — Mina Loy Copy Share Image
“Like-dislike is a ‘discharge moha’ (illusory attachment that is dissipating and not binding new karma), while attachment-abhorrence is a ‘charge moha’ (illusory… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Dreams aren't only an illusion to put you into a subconsciously pleasurable state of mind for the time being, but also a… — Mehek Bassi Copy Share Image
No one thinks Las Vegas is real; it is illusion, but visitors willingly suspend disbelief and pretend. — Hal Rothman Copy Share Image
Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
