Illusion Quotes

1817 Illusion quotes by 1163 unique authors

The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag. — Criss Jami
An illusion dissipated is an experience gained. — Christian Nestell Bovee
There is no objective reality. But there is only an illusion of consciousness, there is only an objectivication of reality, which was created by the… — Nikolai Berdyaev
No disease of the imagination is so difficult to cure, as that which is complicated with the dread of guilt : fancy and conscience then… — E. M. Forster
Prayer is either a sheer illusion or a personal contact between embryonic, incomplete persons (ourselves) and the utterly concrete Person. — C.S. Lewis
The only cure for loss of illusions is fresh illusions, more illusions, and always illusions. — William John Locke
Poetry is simply literature reduced to the essence of its active principle. It is purged of idols of every kind, of realistic illusions, of any… — Paul Valery
Illusion begets and sustains the world; we do not destroy one without destroying the other. — Emile M. Cioran
Human life is fragile: we live in the space between one breath and the next. We often try to maintain an illusion of permanence, through… — Victoria Finlay
When I look over my past, I see that the stages in my life are like the phases of the moon. I've had periods where… — Amy Neftzger
A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life. It… — Saul Bellow
I was stuck in the feeling that one did not--was not justified in being alive unless one was fulfilling other people's dreams, whether they were… — John Lennon
We're in the world of creating illusions and giving people the ability to dream and to be inspired or moved. — Madonna Ciccone
I disagree very strongly with people saying "that battle is over." If you've started a battle, I don't think it ever ends. The illusion that… — Jenny Hval
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. — Sigmund Freud
Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of… — Jacque Fresco
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when… — Sigmund Freud
I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the… — Stephen Fry
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. — Judy Garland
How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child. — Judy Garland
Mindfulness is a quality that's always there. It's an illusion that there's a meditation and post-meditation period, which I always find amusing, because you're either… — Richard Gere
The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. — Antonio Gramsci
The painting is not on a surface, but on a plane which is imagined. It moves in a mind. It is not there physically at… — Philip Guston
Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness. — Edwin Louis Cole
There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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