Alive Quote by Ryan Gelpke

“Life's existential tasks have lost the interest of reality; illusion cannot build a sanctuary for the divine growth of inwardness which ripens to decisions.…

— Søren Kierkegaard

“The secret of survival is a defective imagination. The inability of mortals to imagine things as they truly are is what allows them to…

— John Banville

“Who can believe in illusion even if we all live the Illusion of Life?”

— Sorin Cerin

“Without him, we are nothing, but the paradox is that we, the figments of another mind, will outlive the mind that made us, for…

— Paul Auster

“With the truth, one cannot live. To be able to live one needs illusions, not only outer illusions such as art, religion, philosophy, science…

— Ernest Becker

“The great paradox of life is that to fully live, we must let a piece of ourselves die.”

— Darren Main

“It could be said that we become so much a stranger that we disappear and find ourselves reborn in the midst of humanity which…

— Donna Goddard

“There is a paradox in our pursuit of life. The more we fill our hearts with what the world promises will give life the…

— Derek L. Worthington

“Whoever sees life other than as a self-destroying illusion is himself still preoccupied with life. Life must not be a novel that is given…

— Novalis

“To repeat: we can tolerate existence only if we believe—in accord with a complex of illusions, a legerdemain of impenetrable deception—that we are not…

— Thomas Ligotti

“The world if full of illusions that are forced upon one's reality.”

— Steven Redhead

“The world is full of alluring, flashy and thrilling experiences, which are illusionary traps — they are paths to nowhere.”

— Bryant McGill