Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
I was naïve when I was young, I was sheltered. I had illusions about who I was going to be, delusions, and… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
The least livable life is the one without coherence-nothing connects, nothing means anything. Stories make connections. They allow us to see our… — Daniel Taylor Copy Share Image
Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
“With a flick of her hand, Sabine wove an illusion. Suddenly she and Lanthe both looked like patients. "We'll create a stampede… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
When we're born on this planet, we're taught to believe that what we see is real. But as we grow in understanding,… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
This election will determine whether we're a free nation or whether we have only the illusion of democracy but are in fact… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I've made a profound transformation. I've fashioned some cyber-underwear. I'm not scared of anything! Actually, I am scared of a few things.… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
The achievement of freedom is hardly possible without the felt mourning. This ability to mourn, i.e, to give up the illusion of… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“Perfection is an illusion that I have mastered. It is the weak who suffer in mediocrity. But my fears are very real… — Teresa Mummert Copy Share Image
It's a very important process of self-recognition, self-introspection, by just daily accepting our creation, accepting what is right in front of us,… — Christine McCormick Day 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
European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Normally I can't watch playback. I can't watch anything because I know that it's so rough and there's going to be effects… — Mike Vogel Copy Share Image
Demons feed on death and pain madness," Valentine said. "When I kill, it is because I must. You grew up in a… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
In April 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed, America came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Do what you love. Love what you do. Take less. Give more. Never quit. Never follow. Be passionate. Be bold. Be honest.… — Sonnie Trotter Copy Share Image
The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“The Charcoal Sky Sometimes you go to the wrong place, but the right way comes and finds you. It might make you… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
A wonderful realization will be the day you realize that you are unique in all the world. There is nothing that is… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
“To believe the control is in your hands when it is in the hands of some other power, is indeed a wrong… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A system that rewards politicians skilled at campaigning - which is the art of creating an illusion - and that puts hundreds… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
I had come to discover that "safe" was an illusion, a pretense that adults wrapped around their children- and sometimes themselves- to… — Holly Lisle Copy Share Image
“You are off on a winding and difficult road, which you conceive to be wide and straight, an Autobahn you can travel… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Therefore, philosophy does not give sense in mind happiness. It keeps in mind the only truth. However, it is very possible that… — Marcel Conche Copy Share Image
It's the same with menus and men and just about anything else: we think we're choosing things for ourselves, but in fact… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Observe the difference between your attitude to illusions and mine. You have to defend the religious illusion with all your might. If… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
We act, though, not under a utopian illusion that you or I or anyone or everyone together can rid this world of… — David Platt Copy Share Image
“The illusion that one has understood the past feeds the further illusion that one can predict and control the future. These illusions… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The afternoon is bright, with spring in the air, a mild March afternoon, with the breath of April stirring, I am alone… — Antonio Machado Copy Share Image
There is an unbroken chain of opposition to the introduction of economic freedom and to the capitalist autonomy of the economic sphere...… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“Gore Vidal, for instance, once languidly told me that one should never miss a chance either to have sex or to appear… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I like the idea of the book being wiser than the person who wrote it. None of the novels I've written are… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
There are 500 reasons I write for children… Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about the critics… They… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“ Life is a performance, I thought. Perthaps the word "illusion" would have meant more or less the same thing, but to… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
There is the devil at the door. I'm nearly going under, can't help but wonder who am I working for? No one's… — Tinashe Copy Share Image
It is sad to see a young man's fondest hopes and dreams shattered when the rose-colured veil is plucked away and he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
