Illusion Quotes

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People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of… — David Brinkley
Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good… — James Broughton
It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can… — Gabriel Byrne
I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions. — Taylor Caldwell
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. — Carlos Castaneda
I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me. — Paul Cezanne
Ugly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly the worst crime you can commit as a woman. But ugly,… — Margaret Cho
If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. — Noam Chomsky
What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. — Woody Allen
Tradition is the illusion of permanance. — Woody Allen
You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded… — Peter Abrahams
Natural selection is the blind watchmaker, blind because it does not see ahead, does not plan consequences, has no purpose in view. Yet the living… — Richard Dawkins
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience and Infinite love is the only truth; everything… — Pema Chodron
Reality is an illusion created by a lack of alcohol. — N. F. Simpson
Think hard about the reasons for believing and not believing, what your religion teaches you and demands so inexorably that you believe. I am convinced… — Jean Meslier
Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this illusion defines the purpose and… — Lewis H. Lapham
Luck is merely an illusion, trusted by the ignorant and chased by the foolish. — Timothy Zahn
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. — Jack Kornfield
There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody elseÂ¹s as wrong, and providing a proper degree of paranoia.… — Henri Frederic Amiel
The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has… — Brooks Atkinson

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