Quotes About Illusion

The word 'philosopher' means 'lover of wisdom.' Also there is a Greek word to describe the philosopher's opponent: that word is 'philodoxer,' meaning 'lover of opinion'--that is, an opinionated man suffering from vain wishes, who passionately pursues illusion. Out of the doxa, the false opinion fanatically held, comes disorder in the soul and disorder in the body politic.

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.

The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there. HENRI NOUWEN, THE WOUNDED HEALER

Most people do not see things as they are; rather, they see things as they are. Richard Rohr

The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.

Personally, I think the 'Christian family' should be called a Christian fantasy.

We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we feel all this may be real.

If there is beauty, there must be ugliness; If there is right, there must be wrong. Wisdom and ignorance are complementary, And illusion and enlightenment cannot be separated. This is an old truth, don't think it was discovered recently. "I want this, I want that" Is nothing but foolishness. I'll tell you a secret - "All things are impermanent!

In this dream world we doze and talk of dreams— dream, dream on, as much as you wish

Oil creates the illusion of a completely changed life, life without work, life for free. Oil is a resource that anaesthetises thought, blurs vision, corrupts.

She's like smoke:you think you're seeing her clearly enough,but when you reach for her there's nothing there

I love you, Theresa," he whispers gently. "I love you, too," she replies. "But I'm afraid the love I have for you is only an illusion, Graham, nothing more than a digital shadow of what the real Theresa used to feel." Suddenly

Well—er—you see, my face never changes," I replied evasively, "but there's this portrait of me that ages instead.

They both were liars. Both led lives camouflaged in artifice. But Saugandhi was happy. Someone who cannot afford real gold will gladly settle for artificial jewelry.

Hayatta yaln?z kalman?n esas oldu?unu hâlâ kabul edemiyor musunuz? Bütün yak?nla?malar, bütün birle?meler yalanc?d?r. ?nsanlar ancak muayyen bir hadde kadar birbirlerine sokulabilirler, üst taraf?n? uydururlar; ve günün birinde hatalar?n? anlay?nca, yeislerinden her ?eyi b?rak?p kaçarlar. Halbuki mümkün olanla kanaat etseler, hayallerindekini hakikat zannetmekten vazgeçseler bu böyle olmaz.

Hayatta hiçbir zaman kafam?zdaki kadar harikulade ?eyler olmayaca??n? henüz idrak etmemi?tim.

Bütün yak?nla?malar,bütün birle?meler yalanc?d?r.?nsanlar ancak muayyen bir hadde kadar birbirlerine sokulabilirler,üst taraf?n? uydururlar; ve günün birinde hatalar?n? anlay?nca,yeislerinden her ?eyi b?rak?p kaçarlar.

Kendilerinde bir ?eyler bulundu?unu vehmeden bütün acizlerin hiç ?a?madan bu basit çareye: Karanl?k ve kar???k olmak suretiyle derin ve manal? görünmek hilesine ba?vurduklar?n? unutuyoruz.

Denizler gibi derindim, Gözlerine s?? göründüm.

?nsanlara olduklar?ndan ba?ka gözlerle bakmakta ?srar edi?ime içerliyordum. Yirmi dört ya??na geldi?im halde hala çocuklu?umun safl???ndan kurtulamam??t?m. Basit, hatta belki de hiç güzel olmayan bir resim bende ne müfrit hat?ralar b?rakm??, ne geni? ümitler do?urmu?tu. O soluk insan yüzüne kitaplar dolduracak kadar anlamlar vermi?, onda, hakikatte asla mevcut olmayan vas?flar bulmu?tum.

?nsan oturdu?u odan?n duvarlar?ndan biri yok oluvermi? gibi bir noksanl?k, bir ç?plakl?k duyuyor, bir gün evveline kadar kolumuz, baca??m?z gibi pek tabii surette mevcut olan bir ?eyin birdenbire hiç olmas?na inanmak istemiyordu.

Sak?n tepenize bir s?rça kö?k kurmay?n?z. Ama günün birinde nas?lsa böyle bir s?rça kö?k kurulursa, onun y?k?lmaz, devrilmez bir ?ey oldu?unu sanmay?n. En heybetlisini tuz buz etmek için üç be? kelle f?rlatmak yeter.

Bir kad?n?n bize her ?eyini verdi?ini zannetti?imiz anda onun hakikatte bize hiçbir ?ey vermi? olmad???n? görmek, bize en yak?n oldu?unu sand???m?z s?rada bizden, bütün mesafelerin ötesindeymi? kadar uzak bulundu?unu kabule mecbur olmak ac? bir ?ey.

Hayat bir katakulliden ibarettir.