Illusion Quotes
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There is no doubt whatsoever that the universe is the merest illusion.
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I'm under no illusion. There are lots of male singers out there with raspy voices.
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One of the greatest difficulties encountered in bringing about favorable change is this almost inescapable illusion that there is a perduring, unique, simple existent self, which is in some strange fashion, the patient's, or the subject person's, private property.
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As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that.
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I'm under no illusion that the future will be a neat and tidy or desirable world. We will gain a lot of things through necessity and a lot of them through all sorts of fragile dysfunction - not because they're bad ideas but because they will inevitably be adopted in a chaotic, reactive way.
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Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them.
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The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again!
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Despair is the only cure for illusion.
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How has The Grand Illusion held up over the years? It is not enough to say that it has retained its power. Not only has the stature of the film remained undiminished by the passage of time (except in a few minor details), but the innovation, the audacity, and, for want of a better word, the modernity of the direction have acquired an even greater impact.
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No matter what is happening in the world of appearances, beyond the veil of illusion there is love and only Love.
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Everything is illusion, except for the Divine Love of God that is all-pervading which you can feel through your Spirit.
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No two notes are ever the same volume. With the guitar, you really have to model in your mind this wider thing; you're trying to create the illusion of a bigger dynamic range.
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The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.
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Don't take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
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Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. God's love for you and his choice of you constitute your worth. Accept that, and let it become the most important thing in your life.
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Modern society includes three types of men who can never think very highly of the world--the priest, the physician, and the attorney-at-law. They all wear black, too, for are they not in mourning for every virtue and every illusion?
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An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
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One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.
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If a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger by carefully trailing behind the cat while boasting of the deep friendship they share. In this way, he creates an impression that his well being is of great concern to the tiger.
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Give up all hope, all illusion, all desire..I've tried. I've tried and still I desire, I still desire not to desire and hope to be without hope and have the illusion I can be without illusions..Give up, I say. Give up everything, including the desire to be saved.
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This was no ordinary UFO. Scores of people saw it. It was no illusion, no deception, no imagination.
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Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change.
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I am convinced that those who get themselves involved in the machinery of power politics, even for the purpose of destroying it, are bound to fail in their purpose. To destroy it we have to stay out of it. If we want to cut down a tree, it is of no use to climb into its branches. The desire to keep contact with something, even to destroy it, is a subtle and insidious illusion.
