Quotes About Illusions

Why don't they live in Illusions?' suggested the Humbug. 'It's much prettier.' 'Many of them do,' he answered, walking in the direction of the forest once again, 'but it's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is.

Why don't they live in Illusions?' suggested the Humbug. 'It's much prettier.' 'Many of them do,' he answered, walking in the direction of the forest once again, 'but it's just as bad to live a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is. ' 'Perhaps someday you can have one city as easy to see as Illusions and as hard to forget as Reality,' Mili remarked. 'That will happen only when you bring back Rhyme and Reason,' said Alec...

Tuturor ni se întâmpl? asta: dup? ce ne facem iluzii s?pt?mâni ori ani de-a rândul, crezând c? ceea ce gândim este îndrept??it, vedem într-o bun? zi ceva - un chip, un veÅŸmânt, un om fericit - ÅŸi pricepem într-o clip? c? dorinÅ£ele noastre deÅŸarte nu se vor împlini niciodat?.

At least let me now deceive myself with illusions so as not to feel my empty life. And yet I came so close so many times. And yet how paralyzed I was, how cowardly; why did I keep my lips sealed while my empty life wept inside me, my desires wore robes of mourning? To have been so close so many times to those sensual eyes, those lips, to that body I dreamed of, loved. To have been so close so many times. September 1903

If people saw the world for what it truly is. Saw their lives for what they truly are. Without dreams or illusions. I don't believe they could offer the first reason why they should not elect to die as soon as possible.

She lost her illusions in the collapse of her sympathies.

I don't begrudge the kids their hormones or their illusions of immortality.

We all keep our delusions with us. Sometimes it's a person, sometimes an idea, sometimes even a dream that seems more real in memory than it ever did in life.

Separation, suffering and evil are the absence of realizing Love, and are therefore ultimately illusions. They are also manifestations of our searching for Love, Wholeness, and Home. The evil or darkness is thus ultimately in the service of the Light.

Buddhism is more a philosophy for living rather than a religion or dogma - it's about being awake, free from illusions and fear, so that compassion and loving kindness permeates all of our relationships.

How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs.

Life when one first arrives is a continual mortification as one's romantic illusions are successively shattered and the musical treasure-house of one's imagination crumbles before the hopelessness of the reality. Every day fresh experiences bring fresh disappointments.

More possibilities and opportunities for women would bring greater expectations and responsibilities—along with a lack of both illusions and stability.

La imaginación de las mujeres hace que concibamos demasiadas ilusiones respecto de los hombres. -Y los hombres procuran que así sea

Altogether, there are eight types of illusions. Magic, a dream, a bubble, a rainbow, lightning, the moon reflected in water, a mirage, and a city of celestial musicians." Vernon

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

The magic of theatre is how much can you stimulate the mind of the audience, not how many illusions you can create.

The commonsense rules of the "real world" are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions.

Las reglas de sentido común del «mundo real» son una frágil colección de ilusiones reforzadas por la sociedad.

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.

I have no ambition to play the part of a mother, and why should I interfere with her illusions? I find it hard enough to keep my own.

Nos prometieron que los sueños podrían volverse realidad. Pero se les olvido mencionar que las pesadillas también son sueños.

No, as far as I am concerned, let your wife cherish the memory of this dead, stainless mother.  Why should I interfere with her illusions? 

Your wildest misperceptions, your weird imaginings, your blackest nightmares all mean nothing." —A COURSE IN MIRACLES