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Illusions Quotes by Thomas Merton
- Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the…
- In order to find God in ourselves, we must stop looking at ourselves, stop checking and verifying ourselves in the mirror of our own futility,…
- Contemplative living is living in true relationship with oneself, God, others and nature, free of the illusions of separateness.
- What does it mean to know and experience my own “nothingness?” It is not enough to turn away in disgust from my illusions and faults…
- It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, now I realize what we all are . If only they [people]…
- But the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be wrong with himself, and yet recognizes that he may be…
More Illusions Quotes
- 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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