Quotes About Illusion

The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.

This is Art holding a Mirror up to Life. That's why everything is exactly the wrong way around.

Life is not always what we think it is.

My general rule of thumb is, once something's a ride at Disneyland, I assume that it is no longer a threat in real life. Which is why I don't expect to get attacked by a giant tea cup anytime soon.

Like the actor, authority has faith in its false whiskers. But its deepest faith is in the human illusion. People will hang on to illusion as eagerly as life itself.

They say when you're about to die, you see your entire life flash before your eyes. They lied. The only thing Nick Gautier could see flashing was Kyrian Hunter's vampire fangs.

The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns.

Her life was a tissue of vanity and deceit.

As long as one accepts "time" tacitly as such he is dreaming a dream, not living a life.

Hollywood life is never true. Ever.

There is no true life within a false life.

Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.

Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

These are but dreaming men. Breathe, and they fade.

The dream has sucked the sleeper of his faith

Glory cracked like a flea.

There's only a fellow sawing a woman in half this week.' 'Keep a half for me.

When we begin to genuinely appreciate the illusory, dreamlike nature of our waking experiences, we are starting to mix those appearances with the appearances of our nighttime dreams. We are bringing those two states closer together.

It is vital to understand that however positive this worldly life, or even a small part of it, may appear to be, ultimately it will fail because absolutely nothing genuinely works in samsara.

If you dream that you are flying and continue to believe that you can fly even after you wake up, that becomes a problem.

If we know, even a little bit, that some of our familiar concepts, feelings, and objects exist only as a dream, we develop a much better sense of humour. Recognizing the humour in our situation prevents suffering. We still experience emotions, but they can no longer play tricks on us or pull the wool over our eyes.

it looks dualistic, but it has that ability to liberate you from the bondage of dualism.

Here, in this book, I will try to show that the guru is actually like the horizon. A horizon is apparent—a line where earth and sky appear to meet. But in reality, they never meet. There is only an illusion of an ending point, a point of reference where we can stand and measure and assess. In this way, the guru is like a horizon between wisdom and method, myth and truth, science and faith. D

We are liars. We are beautiful and privileged. We are cracked and broken.