Illusion Quotes

1817 Illusion quotes by 1163 unique authors

We all need illusions. That's why we love movies. — Monica Bellucci
One of the truths about the world is that there are two superpowers, one a huge power which happens to have its boot on your… — Noam Chomsky
Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the illusion that injustice… — Nelson Mandela
Originality is merely an illusion. — M.C. Escher
We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we… — Walter Brueggemann
... love was an illusion which civilization had produced to give a little order to the frequency of the sex act. — Christer Kihlman
That's the trouble with cookbooks. Like sex education and nuclear physics, they are founded on an illusion. They bespeak order, but they end in tears. — Anthony Lane
Kindness is not an illusion and violence is not a rule. The true resting state of human affairs is not represented by a man hacking… — Paul Rusesabagina
You poor, deluded woman...do you believe there is any such thing as love?...You're living an illusion. Do you believe the words of love they whisper… — Nawal El Saadawi
Purity is an illusion. The idea of purity has been used as an excuse for calamities like honor killings, bride burnings, child molestation. Purification is… — Alice Glass
What’s so bad about addiction? I can’t remember. Isn’t it something about giving up your freedom? Isn’t freedom an illusion? — Jeffrey Steingarten
We judge people and initiatives by their results, and we expect events to happen for good, understandable reason. But our clear visions of inevitability are… — Leonard Mlodinow
I love nature dearly and all creatures that contribute to make it what it is. I see the beauty in all expressions of life, and… — Yossi Ghinsberg
Humans withdraw to their homes, and surrender the night to the creatures that own it: the crickets, the owls, the snakes. A world that hasn't… — M. L. Stedman
Justice is always naive and self-confident; believing that it will immediately win once recognized. That is the reason why the forces of Justice are so… — Vladimir Bukovsky
Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy. — Grace Jones
When your actions are motivated by love, you expend least effort and your energy multiplies, allowing you to create anything you want, with a spirit… — Deepak Chopra
Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives of… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party. — Noam Chomsky
I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler. — Perry Christie
Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings. — Anthony de Mello
If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how… — Byron Katie
You can only succeed. You cannot fail. Failure is impossible; it is an illusion. Nothing is a failure. Nothing. Everything moves the human story, and… — Neale Donald Walsch
Ash Wednesday is full of joy...The source of all sorrow is the illusion that of ourselves we are anything but dust. — Thomas Merton
A mind that is always comparing, always measuring, will always engender illusion. If I am measuring myself against you, who are clever, more intelligent, I… — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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