Quotes About Illusion

The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.

And now - Plato's words mock me in the shadows on the ledge behind the flames: '...the men of the cave would say of him that up he went and down he came without his eyes.

the men of the cave would say of him that up he went and down he came without his eyes

Anyone who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light

Seeing myself in the front mirror looking into the back mirror, as he held it for me, it tilted for an instant into the one angle that produced the illusion of depth; endless corridors of myself... looking at myself... looking at myself... looking... Which one? Who was I?

Sometimes ignorance is bliss

Disse a mim mesmo que estava procurando, no mundo das telas de faz de conta, algo que faltava na minha nova vida.

The state of nirvana infuses all of samsara, and the absolute is found in reality

The words control, technique, and performance arise from a certain illusion, that of believing that a woman is longing for "a good lay." She is longing for much more than that; she is longing for a deep connection with the totality of her being.

All the major world religions (always excluding animism, of course), are founded on these notions: that man and man alone was the desired object of creation, that man occupies a preeminent place in the order of creation, that man has a value in God's eyes that is transcendently greater than that of all other creatures, that this world of matter is illusory, transitory, and worthless.

In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure.

I'm addicted to placebos.

Drunken life, dreamy death.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents and the ocean was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

A dream you once were, a dream of all my realities, a dream I can no longer strive for, in the wake of many betrayals.

I'm working on a snow scene right now, and it's summer. It's hot, and I will get chilly. I'll have to turn on the heat. My wife walks in, and it's 95 degrees in the studio. I know it's nutty, but it's a projection you have where you step into the painting.

The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.

The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.

Hey, even the Mona Lisa is falling apart.

Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre?

In a dream you are never eighty.

Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food.

The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.