Quotes About Illusion

There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out at once, it looks as if you're actually juggling a million things.

We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.

That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.

Guilt is a poisonous illusion. Many languages don't even have a word for guilt. Sure, we all feel it. But we also get to decide if we're going to let guilt bring us down or not. Acknowledge the feelings, and then give yourself permission to let them go.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Et je respirais délicieusement la fraîcheur saine de ce matin; je me baignais et me retrempais dans cette pureté-la: c'était une impression de bien-être physique d'une intensité extraordinaire: c'était comme une ivresse d'exister... Etrange rajeunissement que le grand matin apporte toujours aux sens dans les pays du soleil, et qui s'est peut-être rien, après tout, rien qu'une sensation fausse et un mirage de vie...

Y lo mismo que yo, alzando la cara entre dos restas, entre dos párrafos, miraba aquella plétora por los cristales de la ventana, detrás de la lluvia que sólo cubre el mundo para que podamos ver en su lugar nuestros sueños, la saciedad de nuestros sueños detrás de esa cortina gris donde todo está permitido.

Under pressure, even the smartest people will start to rationalize that frogs really can turn into princes.

Men are the dreams of a shadow.

Creatures of a day. What is someone? What is no one? Man is the dream of a shadow.

There are indeed many wonders, and with regard to the stories people tell one another, it may be that such tales go beyond the true account and, embellished with iridescent lies, beguile them.

Omul este visul unei umbre.

Behold! human beings living in an underground den…. Like ourselves… they see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

When the candles are out all women are fair.

What is drama, and what is dharma? I guess you could say drama is illusion that acts like truth, and dharma is truth itself—the way things are, the basic state of reality that does not change from day to day according to fashion or our mood or agenda.

There is no inherent awakening power in cultural forms that have become dissociated from the wisdom and practicality that gave birth to them. They turn into illusions themselves and become part of the drama of religious culture.

Tiempo atrás los hombres buscaban la iluminación para escapar del espejismo del mundo. Hoy sostenían que sólo existía el espejismo.

Tak ada satu hal pun tanpa bayang-bayang, kecuali terang itu sendiri.

People are raised to believe that happiness is the land to which they are destined to travel. But that belief, which one so easily accepts as true, might just as well be a mirage.

Stupids dance on the same floor with the one who secretly befools them.

One of our biggest problems is that we mistake our imagination for our memory.

Reality is not an autonomous imagination.

Legatura dintre o fiinta si noi nu exista decat in gandul nostru. Amintirea, stergandu-se, legaturile slabesc si in ciuda iluziei cu care am vrea sa ne amagim si cu care din dragoste, din prietenie, din politete, din respect omenesc, din datorie ii amagim pe ceilalti, existam singuri. Omul este faptura ce nu poate iesi din sine, ce nu-i cunoaste pe ceilalti decat in sine; si, spunand contrariul, minte.