Illusion Quotes

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Anything beyond the limits and grasp of the human mind is either illusion or futility; and because your god having to be one or the… — Marquis de Sade
You have been professing yourself reluctant to throw off your load of illusion because truth was uncertain. Well, it is certain now, yet the burden… — Saint Augustine
Drizzt Do'Urden had followed a line of precepts based upon discipline and ultimate optimism. He fought for a better world because he believed that a… — R A Salvatore
It is our destiny to live with the wrong as well as the right kind of citizens, and to learn from them, the wrong-minded ones,… — Henry Miller
The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos. It is within our consciousness. Indeed, its… — Paul Brunton
When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live… — Anais Nin
Routine feeds the illusion of safety... — Christopher Moore
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up… — Karl Marx
You know, when I was in love, I was always inventing things. A whole array of tricks, illusions and optical effects to amuse my lady… — Mathias Malzieu
Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Demons feed on death and pain madness," Valentine said. "When I kill, it is because I must. You grew up in a falsely beautiful paradise… — Cassandra Clare
By and large... the good's an illusion, little fables folks tell themselves so they can get through their days without screaming too much. — Stephen King
I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I… — Yann Martel
He was so far from the gallant knights in her romantic fantasies ... He was tarnished, scarred, imperfect. Deliberately he had destroyed any illusions she… — Lisa Kleypas
One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death. — Guy de Maupassant
If one chooses sides on emotion then the rebel is the guy to go with. He is fighting for everything men claim to honour, freedom,… — Glen Cook
Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?” “Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda, staring. “Yes, you… — Agatha Christie
I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality. — Jean Cocteau
Of all the islands he'd visited, two stood out. The island of the past, he said, where the only time was past time and the… — Roberto Bolano
All problems are illusions of the mind. — Eckhart Tolle
Katie smiled and turned away, knowing it wasn't an illusion or a figment of her imagination. She knew what she saw. She knew what she… — Nicholas Sparks
Now to sum it up,' said Bernard. 'Now to explain to you the meaning of my life. Since we do not know each other (though… — Virginia Woolf
Clockwork could not run counter to its nature. The seconds, minutes, and hours moved only forward. Patient, precise, and unstoppable. Memory was an indulgence, an… — Matthew J. Kirby
I live for coincidences. They briefly give to me the illusion or the hope that there's a pattern to my life, and if there's a… — Jonathan Ames
Fascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion. — Friedrich August von Hayek

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