Illusions Quotes

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He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. — Mikhail Bakunin
Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning. — Giotto di Bondone
We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do. — Elizabeth Bowen
I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions. — Taylor Caldwell
I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me. — Paul Cezanne
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. — Jack Kornfield
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
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
The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I've looked at life from both sides now...from win and lose, and still somehow it's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at… — Joni Mitchell
All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end. — Joseph Conrad
One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted. — Arthur Miller
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired. — Philibert Joseph Roux
If you prefer illusions to realities, it is only because all decent realities have eluded you and left you in the lurch; or else your… — George Santayana
There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators,… — Abraham Maslow
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. To live a fulfilled life, we… — Mark Twain
When our knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by the illusions of our senses. — Walter Russell

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