Quotes About Illusion

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats.

The rubies are so pink, pink itself will stare in disbelief.

That is the present: an emanation of memory bouncing on the illusion of the future

mas quem dá por um eco na água se ela própria água feita de ecos também, aqueles que dizem sentir a água enganam-se, sentem a memória dela

Uma coisa é o amor, outra é a relação. Não sei se, quando duas pessoas estão na cama, não estarão, de facto, quatro: as duas que estão mais as duas que um e outro imaginam.

It was so completely obvious, and yet what proof was there? It was, Martin thought, like the rabbit which the Hindus see in the moon. It is next to impossible to make people see it; but once they have recognized it, they will never see a face or a man or a woman there again. It is obvious that there is a rabbit in the moon; but obviousness seems too often unsusceptible of proof. The Case of the Seven of Calvary

As I walked towards travel, that illusion of liberation, I strangely felt myself walking back into childhood.

It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you watch them on a screen.

We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.

A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.

Do you think you help people because you are in love with them? Well, I've got news for you. You are never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person. Take a minute to think about that: You are never in love with anyone, you're in love with your prejudiced idea of that person.

Anytime you have a negative feeling toward anyone, you're living in an illusion. There's something seriously wrong with you. You're not seeing reality. Something inside of you has to change. But what do we generally do when we have a negative feeling? "He is to blame, she is to blame. She's got to change." No! The world's all right. The one who has to change is you.

Happiness is a state of nonillusion, of dropping the illusion.

You want freedom? Here it is: Drop your false ideas. See through people. If you see through yourself, you will see through everyone. Then you will love them. Otherwise you spend the whole time grappling with your wrong notions of them, with your illusions that are constantly crashing against reality.

You falsely think that your fears protect you, your beliefs have made you what you are and your attachments make your life exciting and secure. You fail to see that they are actually a screen between you and life's symphony.

Your life as it is now: nightmare. Every single thing you cling to and have convinced yourself you cannot be happy without: nightmare.

Though everything is a mess, all is well. Strange paradox, to be sure. But, tragically, most people never get to see that all is well because they are asleep. They are having a nightmare.

H?nh phúc là má»™t tình tr?ng gá»™i s?ch ?o t??ng, là sá»± d?t b? ?o t??ng.

Y no hay solución, porque ni siquiera sospechas que tu percepción está deformada, que piensas de manera equivocada, que tus creencias son falsas.

En primer lugar, tus apegos: inevitablemente, siempre prestarás atención a lo que favorece o pone en peligro dichos apegos, y fingirás no ver lo demás. Lo demás

You are never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person.

The things that look fixed in the world, child—mountains, wealth, empires—their permanence is only an illusion. We believe they will last, but that is only because of the brevity of our own lives. From the perspective of God, cities like this come and go like anthills.

The things we see are only masks for the things we can't see.