Illusion Quotes

1817 Illusion quotes by 1163 unique authors

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 else¹s 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
Even strong as they are today, rich countries should have no illusion: nobody is safe in aworld of injustices.War will never bring security.War can only… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
You can't learn anything from saguaro cactus, from ocotillo. They are just passing through; their roots, their much heralded dormancy in the dry season, these… — Barry Lopez
I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder… — Michael Jordan
The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism. — Kevin McCloud
We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of… — Sherry Turkle
We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a… — C.S. Lewis
Cause I rely on my illusions, to keep me warm at night. I've denied in my capacity to love, and I am willing to give… — Sarah McLachlan
Love is supposed to bring you peace and happiness. If you are not feeling this in a relationship, you are living an illusion. — Leon Brown
The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality. — Nicolas Chamfort

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