We all have our little illusions about our own mental abilities. — Cornelia Otis Skinner Copy Share Image
“We also knew that it was in the nature of an empty stomach to produce illusions of grandeur.” — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
“Stability and security are just illusions. But they are necessary illusions because without them there would be no way of going on.” — Andrew Crofts Copy Share Image
All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
At the end of 'Illusions,' readers should see the inevitable coming. — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
In my reporting, I've found that real change escapes many change-makers because powerful illusions guide their projects. — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
“Illusions connected with religion are generally most difficult to remove.” — John Meade Falkner Copy Share Image
“Magic is not just for the entertainment, but to inspire people to be creative enough with their lives.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions. — Henry R. Luce Copy Share Image
Every night of our lives, we dream, and our brain concocts visions which are, at least until we wake up, highly convincing.… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If there were no illusions, there would bo no disillusionment. But then one would have no fond memories either, with which fortify… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
Things aren't always as they appear. I've been believing things to be a certain way because I want them to be that… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
“Ghosts will forever put in appearances, as they should. Our illusions have muscle and meaning. The past returns at midnight, in the… — Tom Piccirilli Copy Share Image
Illusions are shadows moving endlessly across the ground. The shadows are quite real but they're shadows. They have very little substance. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
But deepest of all illusory Appearances, for hiding Wonder, as for many other ends, are your two grand fundamental world-enveloping Appearances, SPACE… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Politics is a subordinate matter; its form of appearance constantly changes depending on the needs of the masses, the same way cocottes… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
“Why don't they live in Illusions?' suggested the Humbug. 'It's much prettier.' 'Many of them do,' he answered, walking in the direction… — Norton Juster 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
“The cat-and-mouse scenery is not only about animals, but about our human condition. How do we live, how we are played, and… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Well, I dare not allow myself any illusions, and I am afraid it may never happen that Father and Mother will really… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“The restoration of man’s inner eyes can hardly be expected in this day and age — unless, first of all, one were… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
“And to what degree does the young woman invent the man she marries? She often sees in him possibilities that no one… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
