He had one illusion - France; and one disillusion - mankind, including Frenchmen. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
You can’t stop a revolution from breathin’, so to beat ‘em they offer people the illusion of freedom. — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Base your happiness on being real, not on illusions and expectations. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Ugliness is an illusion, gentlemen. Like beauty. Like color. All depends on the light. The only reality is action. — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
Time is an optical illusion- never quite as soild or strong as we think it is — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you'd be dead. — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
“I quickly learned that the illusion of appearance will always outweigh the truth of what’s really inside.” — Carian Cole Copy Share Image
It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
Magic is something that happens that appears to be impossible. What I call 'illusion magic' uses laws of science and nature that… — Doug Henning Copy Share Image
“It is indeed strange that we find it so difficult to welcome...the blissful nature of the loss of the power of selfhood—a… — Leo Bersani Copy Share Image
“It is very difficult to know the Living Conscious Self (Soul). What you have known is living non-conscious self. Living non-conscious self… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
A respect for authority is the basis for most medical education. Students may become so used to memorising that they become prey… — Petr Skrabanek Copy Share Image
“In truth it is inequality that is the illusion. The extreme disproportion between men, that we seem to see in life, is… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Kiss a frog with your eyes wide open. If he turns into a prince you won't miss the transformation, but if he… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Happiness is an illusion, Natalie. It doesn't actually exist." "Of course it does," I said. "It's what you feel when you're not… — Lee Goldberg Copy Share Image
Every human being relies on and is bounded by his knowledge and experience to live. This is what we call “reality”. However,… — Masashi Kishimoto Copy Share Image
You don't need as much as some of the other artists but you do sing with your eyes close and it gives… — Maxine Powell Copy Share Image
“The body, whether it be human, mammal or insect, is nothing more than a machine designed as a vehicle intended to be… — Alejandro C. Estrada Copy Share Image
Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly… — Henry James Copy Share Image
My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. People are only glamorous if you… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“It all seems ‘real,’ but as it is constantly changing, it is not Real. Due to this maya mentality (the illusion that… — The Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
And I didn't know I loved her till I'd dreamt of her. I didn't know it was the real thing until an… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
“If myths, dreams and illusion are to be possible, the apparent and the real must remain ambiguous in the subject as in… — Maurice Merleau Ponty Copy Share Image
“Nothing blinks out, nothing ends. Everything exists, always exists. Life is but a dream, Shannon. Self is the only illusion.” — Tom Sweterlitsch Copy Share Image
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
illusion throughout is illusion. There is no end to it, just as there is no end to imagination. — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
Stay away from national polls. They are always an illusion. They will always trick you into stupid political behavior. — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and… — Paloma Faith Copy Share Image
All that happens is the cause of all that happens. Causes are numberless; the idea of a sole cause is an illusion. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back. — William Greider Copy Share Image
“If it looks real and feels real, do you think it matters if it's real?” — Daniel Nayeri Copy Share Image
We insist that society should conform to our own subjective illusion of reality. — Robert Anthony Copy Share Image
I think that the Oscar gives you some kind of guts or something, it gives you the illusion that you can do… — Benicio Del Toro Copy Share Image
In the long run, it is far more dangerous to adhere to illusion than to face what the actual fact is. — David Bohm Copy Share Image
Corporate principles and military principles are basically the same. Insulation. Illusion. Hype. Activity. — Tarun J. Tejpal Copy Share Image
My last kids were born when I was in my forties, so I still had little kids around me, which gave me… — Frank Langella Copy Share Image
“We can create the world where we are with the ones we want to love so easily.” — Taylor Nadeau Copy Share Image