Discovery Quote by Daniel J. Boorstin

Reason may cure illusions, but not suffering.

— Alfred de Musset

“Much of what we have been doing to improve the world's opinion of us has had the contrary effect. Audio-visual aids which we have…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“The shadow has become the substance.”

— Daniel J. Boorstin

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.

— Helen Rowland

The mere reality of life would be inconceivably poor without the charm of fancy, which brings in its bosom, no doubt, as many vain…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

If silence only conveys the Self, if all words and thoughts are illusions, why do we discuss it?

— Frederick Lenz

The most important part of our lives-our sensations, emotions, desires, and aspirations-takes place in a universe of illusions which science can attenuate or destroy,…

— Joseph Wood Krutch

Of course she had some pathetic illusions about herself or she would not be able to go on living.

— Jean Rhys

“The more you think about illusions, the more they'll swell up and take on form. And no longer be an illusion.”

— Haruki Murakami

“A great magician is not more magical than other magicians; he is just more magical in his presentation.”

— Amit Kalantri

Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat.

— Anais Nin