Illusion Quotes

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Our greatest illusion is disillusion. We imagine that we are disillusioned with life, when the truth is that we have not even begun to live. — Paul Brunton
Disillusion is the last illusion. — Wallace Stevens
The world is an illusion. Why is it unreal? Because none of the knowledge is going to remain permanent, as real knowledge. I had a… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Truth is simple, but Illusion makes it infinitely intricate. The person is rare who possesses an insatiable longing for Truth; the rest allow Illusion to… — Meher Baba
The stripping away of illusion and the struggle to find personal reality can be likened to the peeling of an apple. As one peels away… — Meredith L. Young-Sowers
There is no more dangerous illusion than the fancies by which people try to avoid illusion. — Francois Fenelon
Illusion - or rather appearance, semblance - is the theme of my life (could be theme of speech welcoming freshmen to the Academy). All that… — Gerhard Richter
I wanted to say something different: the pictures are also a leave-taking, in several respects. Factually: these specific persons are dead; as a general statement,… — Gerhard Richter
All the people we used to know, they're an illusion to me now. — Bob Dylan
These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless, and parting with them is like parting with invisible best… — Alanis Morissette
You are a worksmith and who cares for his brothers, whos not seduced by illusions or fair weather friends. — Alanis Morissette
I'm all out o faith, this is how I feel. I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor. Illusions never change into… — Natalie Imbruglia
Oh, how powerfully the magnet of illusion attracts. — Karl Gutzkow
I think that the Oscar gives you some kind of guts or something, it gives you the illusion that you can do it. It's good… — Benicio Del Toro
Tutelage is a comfortable relationship for the senior partner, but it is demoralizing in the long run. It breeds illusions of omniscience on one side… — Henry A. Kissinger
I'm an actor. I hate to blow everyone's illusions. — Stephen Colbert
We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it. — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to stay at the top of the list… — Bruce Sterling
People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those who continue sleeping,… — Alexander Herzen
Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us. — Daniel Dennett
Grace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie. The rude shocks and uncomfortably constraining influences of… — Marquis de Custine
Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years ago for 60… — Oliver Stone
The mistakes we make when we try to imagine our personal futures are also lawful, regular, and systematic. They, too, have a pattern that tells… — Daniel Gilbert
I don't want to give the illusion that one day God came down and I was healed. — Cheryl James
I love Jonathan Adler but more importantly I love throws. To clarify, a throw is not to be confused with a blanket. A blanket is… — Max Greenfield

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