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It is a curious fact that of all the illusions that beset mankind none is quite so curious as that tendency to suppose that we are mentally and morally superior to those who differ from us in opinion.

It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism.

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideals which have been instilled in them, and each time they come into contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded.

It is necessary for the mind to become free of the illusions of this world and become a fine and marvelous instrument of the Inner Being.

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.

It is an illusion to think that [EU] states can hold on to their autonomy.

It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.

It is necessary to expose the false propaganda of the imperialists and thoroughly dispel the illusion that the imperialists will give up their positions in the colonies and dependent countries with good will.

It makes sense to work towards a better world, but it doesn't make any sense to have illusions about what the real world is.

It is sweet to die young! It is sweet to render to God a life still full of illusions!

It is the illusion of knowledge, not ignorance, that keeps one from growing.

It is only when you have become that true Self consciously, when all these illusions have fallen away, that you will be perfectly free and perfectly happy.

It's life's illusions that I recall, I really don't know life at all

It's only when you become love - in other words, when you have dropped your illusions and attachments - that you will "know." As you identify less and less with the "me," you will be more at ease with everybody and with everything.

It's overwhelming. I feel as if I am living in an illusion a dream where all things are possible. Amazing things do happen I know but always to someone else always in some far off place and time.

It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.

It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can give us the illusion that we're not, we cling to.'

I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.

It's easy to operate under the illusion that what we are doing is so important we cannot stop doing it. ... Stopping is a spiritual act. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

Ive said its a little bit like a magician performing for a convention of magicians... all the magicians in the audience watching this illusion-Do they see the illusion, or do they see the device that made the illusion? Probably they see a little of both.

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and I'm not under any illusions that it's a crime-free nirvana. I'm well aware it has plenty of problems, though they seem to be associated with particular areas.

I work with few colors, what creates the illusion of quantity is that they fell in the right place.

I would say that love today is a relatively rare phenomenon, that we have a great deal of sentimentality; we have a great deal of illusion about love, namely as a... as something one falls in.

Juggling is an illusion. ... In reality, the balls are being independently caught and thrown in rapid succession. ... It is actually task switching.

Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.

[Kepler] preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, and that is the heart of science.

Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.

Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you'd be dead.

Life never ceases. Life is an overflowing source, and death is only an obscure effect of illusions.

Love thy neighbor as thyself because you are your neighbor. It is illusion that makes you think that your neighbor is someone other than yourself.

Let the American infidels bask in their illusion.

Magic lives in curves, not angles.

Memory is an illusion, nothing more. It is a fire that needs constant tending.

Men should never marry their muse. It ruins the illusion.

Mindfulness is a quality that's always there. It's an illusion that there's a meditation and post-meditation period, which I always find amusing, because you're either mindful or you're not.

Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.

I’ve learned that fear is simply an illusion based on past experiences that we project into the present and onto the future.

Make peace with guilt. Guilt is a poisonous illusion. Many languages don't even have a word for guilt.

Masks are the order of the day - and the least I can do is cultivate the illusion that I am gay, serene, not hollow and afraid.

Maturity is a series of shattered illusions.

Matter and death are mortal illusions.

most of us carry into marriage not only our childlike illusions, but we bring to it as well the demand that it has to be wonderful, because it's supposed to be.

Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want.

No, Mary had no illusions about romance. Falling in love was a pretty name for it, that was all.

Monopoly power is an illusion in any system in which free competition is allowed.

My point was that it's hard to make good films, but I'm not under any illusion that you do all the time.

None of this has ever been or will ever be; all is an appearance, all is an illusion. Illusions are truth. All illusions are real. We say illusion, meaning that they're shadows.

Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.