Quotes About Illusion

Potom zamru svi zvuci, svjetla se zamra?e, a njegove o?i sklope, i njemu se u?ini kao da po?inje neki film...

The reaping skeleton physically signifies death but philosophically that irresistible impulse in Nature which causes every being to be ultimately absorbed into the divine condition in which it existed before the illusionary universe had been manifested.

Hanged Man is the human spirit which is suspended from heaven by a single thread. Wisdom, not death, is the reward for this voluntary sacrifice during which the human soul, suspended above the world of illusion, and meditating upon its unreality, is rewarded by the achievement of self-realization.

Esoterically, the Hanged Man is the human spirit which is suspended from heaven by a single thread. Wisdom, not death, is the reward for this voluntary sacrifice during which the human soul, suspended above the world of illusion, and meditating upon its unreality, is rewarded by the achievement of self-realization.

The zero card–Le Mat, the Fool–has been likened to the material universe because the mortal sphere is the world of unreality. The lower universe, like the mortal body of man, is but a garment, a motley costume, well likened to cap and bells. Beneath the garments of the fool is the divine substance, however, of which the jester is but a shadow; this world is a Mardi Gras–a pageantry of divine sparks masked in the garb of fools.

Intelligence is built on deception. Trust nothing. Not even the mirror.

At the king's landing stage, the heads of stone beasts swim in the water, and so do their own shapes, the shapes of gentleman, their forms broken by ripples, and the everted queen flickering like a flame in a glass; around them, the dance of mild afternoon sunshine, and a flood of birdsong.

The most beautiful images are often the least honest.

J'avais cru tout quitter pour vivre mieux, je m'étais trompé... c'était pour mourir plus vite.

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

Tal vez sea esa la vida de nosotros todos. ¡Ese eludir o perder nuestra verdadera vida encubriéndola tras una infinidad de pequeñeces con aspecto de cosas vitales!

Thus what strikes me today is less the partly illusory, subjective nature of the impression of general euphoria that I felt in that period than the certainty that it is gone forever.

No doubt they thought that by allowing themselves to become martyrs to their nerves they were giving proof of a fine stoicism, just as by living in a continual rush they produced in their own minds an illusion of activity.

Je croyais voir des choses invisibles aux yeux des autres, j'étais encore plus aveugle qu'eux.

Il suffit de cesser de croire une seule seconde pour que le rêve se brise en mille morceaux

Je n'imaginais pas pouvoir aimer comme je l'ai aimée. J'ai cru à elle comme on croit à un rêve. Quand il s'est évanoui, j'ai disparu avec lui.

you can never really get rid of a lie you've convinced yourself is true.

Una pesadilla es un sueño que ha envejecido mal

Fiecare oglind? îÅ£i ofer? imaginea unui spectacol jucat f?r? niciun spectator, în care actriÅ£a e propria-Å£i mizerie.

If all relationships started badly, Prince Charming would disappear from every fairy tale ever written and romantic comedies would be filed under horror.

un cosmar e un vis care a imbatranit urat

Why aren't you together anymore?" "Because we were never really together to begin with. It's a long story.

whole shitload of very dangerous poisons and powerful hallucinogens are hidden behind a lot of mumbo jumbo.

As she slowly came to, the princess, fascinated, gazed at the card, and this time her haggard eyes grew wide with astonishment. For upon the card, which until now had appeared immaculately white, letters were gradually becoming visible, and the princess read: "Fan-tô-mas!