Quotes of: Illusions Keyword

But that afternoon he asked himself, with his infinite capacity for illusion, if such pitiless indifference might not be a subterfuge for hiding the torments of love.

Love in the Time of Cholera

We must transcend the illusion that money or power has any bearing on our worthiness as children of God.

Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Nothing causes more people to deny God, misunderstand God, mistreat others, or abuse Nature more than the illusion of separateness. Nothing. No thing.

Look into the stillness

..no meal is good enough to justify all the money and effort wasted in preparing it. It is an illusion and an expense. Live as I do, undeceived.

The Last Unicorn

Lulled by stupefying illusions, the world is asleep in the cradle of infancy, dreaming away the hours.

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I'm telling you that's a pretty illusion.

Steal Across the Sky

Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.

The Poisonwood Bible

Memory is an illusion, nothing more. It is a fire that needs constant tending.

A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories

One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things.

Quartet

And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

(...)normalcy is an illusion. Each person is utterly unique. A standard of normalcy is something that most people of the world simply will never access.

Tiger's Voyage

What man does not seek the power of his dreams, and believe in his ability to match the grace of his illusions.

This Side of a Wilderness

Let me make this radiantly clear—if you believe in spirits and the metaphysical world, your biology will create the illusion that these things are real.

Unspirituality: Permission to Be Human

Who prays at help in the Illusion of his Life does not understand that his only aid is death

Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom

Believe in the hope of your Life Illusion because this is the only real thing that you posses!

Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom

How many minutes will still die in the swamp of your illusion of being human?

Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom

Blessed is he who believes in the illusion because thus he can find his great truth!

Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom

Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.

In Your Dreams

I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there.

David Knopfler

Life is an illusion which wisely prevents you from seeing yourself fully.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief.

Oliver Gaspirtz