Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
“To take command, one must first create the illusion that command is already yours.” — Denise Domning Copy Share Image
As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“One should get as much pleasure from spending money as one gets from earning it. But at that time, one says, ‘I… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I’m glad to be part of the war on sadness. I’m a part time employee of the illusion that keeps people stupid. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years. — Sheila Ballantyne 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
“As usual, small towns like this were full of those who needed entertainment and whilst money was difficult to earn, the philosophy… — Christopher Byford Copy Share Image
They're not even within 100 miles of Baghdad. They are not in any place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Copy Share Image
The mere reality of life would be inconceivably poor without the charm of fancy, which brings in its bosom, no doubt, as… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
I see a sense of unity in the universe. Spirituality is not limited to only one religion. One can experience it across… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
Where the Old Masters created an illusion of space into which one could imagine walking, the illusion created by a Modernist is… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
Modern, effective leadership means moving beyond the 'grand illusion' to engage the mass population and to align business with societal goals. — Richard Edelman Copy Share Image
Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The most important quality of art and its aim is illusion; emotion, which is often obtained by certain sacrifices of poetic detail,… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical decisive hour. Write it on your heart… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us toward is not the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“That's when I saw you, really saw you for the first time. I didn't intend to look at you, it just happened.… — Kimberly Sabatini Copy Share Image
A book no more contains reality than a clock contains time. A book may measure so-called reality as a clock measures so-called… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
But let there be no misunderstanding: it is not that a real man, the object of knowledge, philosophical reflection or technological intervention,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
It was a strange lightness, a drifting feeling. Zero gravity. I understood that everything that once seemed solid and immovable might just… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“You cannot be aware of yourself, for you are awareness itself. How can a witness witness itself? That is like trying to… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
In a city of illusion, where change is what the city does, it's no wonder Las Vegas is the court of last… — Hal Rothman 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
Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“Our life here was just a momentary illusion, and someday reality would yank us back to the world we came from.” — Haruki Murakami 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
We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“What Albert Einstein termed optical delusion, The Indians termed Maya or Illusion.” — Mohit.K.Misra Copy Share Image
Some problems are obstacle illusions. They're not really as big as they seem. — Itsme867 Copy Share Image
I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork. — Guy Ritchie Copy Share Image
If I had only one film in the world to save, it would be 'Grand Illusion.' — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Does anybody know which are the thoughts of God, even if they are plants, mountains, sky, stars or whatever else?” — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
“Believing in what you don't know is as true as believing in what you know as long as your life is just… — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
“Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep.” — James Blanchard Cisneros Copy Share Image
The only thing that endures is character. Fame and wealth-all that is illusion. All that endures is character. — O. J. Simpson Copy Share Image
“A magician with decreasing practice sessions will give defective performances.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
A fierce brief fusion which dreamers call real, and realists, an illusion; an insight like the flight of birds. — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
