Quotes About Illusion

Hoewel we de illusie hebben dat we beelden met hoge resolutie ontvangen van onze ogen, stuurt de oogzenuw slechts contouren en aanwijzingen over interessante punten in ons blikveld naar het brein. We 'hallucineren' eigenlijk de wereld vanuit ons corticale geheugen.

Dreams are real while they last; can we say more of life? —HAVELOCK ELLIS

Even though we think we see the world so fully, what we are receiving is really just hints

Yes, well, the subjective experience is the opposite of the objective reality

Deja eso, chico, cuando no has apostado todos los caballos parecen el mismo.

También es cierto que se dejó encandilar, como tantos otros, por la engañosa armonía de la derrota, por el encanto y el olor de esas flores que se marchitan hermosas en la imaginación pero que se pudren siniestras en las manos

If everything that looks like love really were love, my God, this would be a different and better world and even the darkest nightmares would be followed by unbearably happy days.

Ay la ficción que daño hace, y Sebastián debería haberlo sabido, viniendo de un país cuyo héroe más grande lleva un orinal en la cabeza. No leas tanto, le decían de niño, y no hizo caso, y así le ha ido. La ficción puede muy bien instalarse en el alma de un hombre hasta destruirla. Sebastián había visto y admirado a lo largo de su vida, hombres capaces de hacer cosas en el mundo real e incapacitados para la ficción.

Falling in love was for suckers who were in denial & hoping for a fairy tale.

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.

She lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly raised them again, like a theatre curtain. I was to get to know that trick. That was supposed to make me roll over on my back with all four paws in the air.

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.

But should you ever come to a time when you need to say something upon my behalf, say this, 'The last truth is that there is no magic.

To commit the act of felo-de-se is a form of delusion. You see, my love, to leave one's life unfinished implies the possibility of success. What is left unlived may contain the potential truth one always seeks. Those who kill themselves do so with the conviction that they would have reached that truth eventually had they lived to the proper end. They die in the illusion of hope which in a way keeps the rest of us alive. Reason, therefore, for not committing suicide.

N?u t?t c? là sá»± d?i trá vÄ© ??i. Tôi mong là cái trò l?a d?i Ä'ó cÅ©ng Ä'ã làm t?t c? các ng??i sáng m?t ra

Who needs eyes when you can hallucinate?

The world is not what it seems—but it isn't anything else, either.

Because I have been a magician for many years, people have often asked me whether I ever have sawn a woman in half. I reply, Oh, yes I've sawn over seventy women in half in my lifetime, and I'm learning the second half of the trick now.

She had learned that evil had the fattest wallet and most chaste face of all.

I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies.

Everybody wants to fall in love with the perfect candidate.

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.

Besides, a bald cap would have never looked real.

There's a cardinal rule that you don't talk about sharks. If you don't see it, it's not there.