The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
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most of us carry into marriage not only our childlike illusions, but we bring to it as well the demand that it… — Eda LeShan Copy Share Image
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A beautiful country is a dream-like illusion. It is senseless to cling to it. Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
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That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Truth is simple, but Illusion makes it infinitely intricate. The person is rare who possesses an insatiable longing for Truth; the rest… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
Oil creates the illusion of a completely changed life, life without work, life for free. Oil is a resource that anaesthetises thought,… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
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