Illusory Quotes

107 Illusory quotes by 95 unique authors

You don't have to push or pull or fight or win, the struggle is illusory. Sometimes or rather, all times, you just have to be. — Andrew McMahon
Sorcery breaks no law of nature because there is no Natural Law, only the spontaneity of natura naturans, the tao. Sorcery violates laws which seek… — Hakim Bey
To the extent that we hyper-separate ourselves from nature and reduce it conceptually in order to justify domination, we not only lose the ability to… — Val Plumwood
The old world is dying, but a new world is being born. It generates inspiration from the chaos that beats upon us all. The false… — Carlos Bulosan
We declare that only man exists. This is not to say that material, inorganic nature and nonhuman beings-animals and plants-are in any sense unreal, insubstantial,… — Medard Boss
Our business is to wake up. We have to find ways in which to detect the whole of reality in the one illusory part which… — Aldous Huxley
We feel led to caution . . . against forming the bad habit of incurring debt and taking upon themselves obligations which frequently burden them… — Wilford Woodruff
Learn to see it in thyself and thou wilt understand the infinite essence, hidden in all illusory forms. Understand that the world which thou knowest… — P D Ouspensky
In the Art of Dreaming Don Juan tells Carlos, "... most of our energy goes into upholding our importance... if we were capable of losing… — Carlos Castaneda
Everything, husband, wife, or even the body, is only illusory. These are all shackles of illusion. Unless you can free yourself from these bondages, you… — Sarada Devi
The fact that lately some circles, not less powerful by their small size, have been actively promoting certain theories, as dangerous as they are illusory,… — Alfonso Garcia Robles
When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by… — Bertrand Russell
Economic theory has demonstrated in an irrefutable way that a prosperity created by an expansionist monetary and credit policy is illusory and must end in… — Ludwig von Mises
My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain my grip on… — Andreas Gursky
The Divine realm extends to the earthly; but the later, illusory in nature, does not contain the essence of Reality. — Mahavatar Babaji
To transcend the identification with the body one has to realize the auspiciousness and divinity residing within each cell of the body. One needs to… — Amit Ray
Perfectionism is a perpetual flight into an illusory future that cannot be attained. — Gary Zukav
...perhaps the hopes I have confessed to are of an illusory nature, too. But I hold fast to one distinction. Apart from the fact that… — Sigmund Freud
As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed...magnifice nt. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory. — Neil Armstrong
What is the right time [to discuss theology]? Whenever we are free from the mire and noise without, and our commanding faculty is not confused… — Gregory of Nazianzus
I am discovering how my consciousness dominating addictions create my illusory version of the changing world of people and situations around me. — Ken Keyes Jr.
The willingness to not bypass illusion is very important. We come to nirvana by way of samsara. We come to see the true nature of… — Adyashanti
When I was 17 until, I don't know, 20, I had this massive, baseless confidence. This very clear idea of myself and how I would… — Robert Pattinson
Paraphrased: Among the degrees of the universal Manifestation, each sentient creature typically experiences an illusory sense of autonomy. At the same time, with or without… — Abdelkader El Djezairi
When you awaken, you know that everything that occurs at the level of mind is illusory in nature and so you no longer believe in… — Leonard Jacobson

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