The dial of the clock wears out unevenly; Most worn Is the area round eight. As it is stared at with abrasive glancesunfailingly twice a day, It is weathered away. On the other side The...

The nostalgia of a moment’s love can be an illusionary precipice from which we fall from truth; in heartbreak, what we escape to in the past is what tortures us in the present.

…for if a woman’s body can attract the holy angels, how much more the unholy man.

Looking aroundthere is nothing but illusionEverything is drownedin the oceans of illusion

As much as love is the source of power for those who are centred in their hearts, as much fear is the source of illusionary power for those who insist on being led by their...

[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer’s views of love are flawed. Love can’t be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently selfish...

Break an Illusion, and you open the eyes of the intelligent.

The desert and the ocean are realms of desolation on the surface.The desert is a place of bones, where the innards are turned out, to desiccate into dust.The ocean is a place of skin, rich...

There is no real magic, only tricks” but a great magician compel people not to trust that belief and make them believe, after all “There does exist a real magic”.

We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion.

Right now, in this dusty anti-paradise, I have absolutely no hand in the future at all.

It is so easy at times for a lonely individual to begin fantasizing about what the people outside are saying about him and, in result, irrationally and fearfully, and sometimes angrily, fancy himself a villain.

That’s the whole burden of this novel – the loss of those illusions that give such color to the world that you don’t care whether things are true or false as long as they partake...

Tu n’as rien appris, sinon que la solitude n’apprend rien, que l’indifférence n’apprend rien: c’était un leurre, une illusion fascinante et piégée. Tu étais seul et voilà tout et tu voulais te protéger: qu’entre le...

If you believe that you are NOT omnipresent, omniscient and ultimately omnipotent – you are delusional. If you believe that you are separate from that which you call God, then you are living a lie.

I have seen a face with a thousand countenances, and a face that was but a single countenance as if held in a mould. I have seen a face whose sheen I could look through...

Nobody likes the phenomenon of death, and death hates the phenomenon of life

Some people aren’t really light-teethed; they’re merely dark-skinned.

When your heart truly adores somebody, your mind perceives a halo on that man’s head.

Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored...

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

Everyone has gods. You just don’t think they’re gods.

The truth is we’re all dying, the lie is we’re all living.

America is a nation of illusions; illusions in the media, schools and government — an iron curtain of propaganda.

You’ve done her a service to teach her that romantic love is largely made of illusion.” [said Mina.] “Is it?” Alessandra asked, unable to suppress a worried sigh. Mina looked at her as if she...

If I owned a retail store, I’d keep my shelves empty, so it appeared my product was so popular it was always sold out. Of course, I’d make no sales because I’d have no product...

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you see the real you, or what you have been conditioned to believe is you? The two are so, so different. One is an...

Everybody talks about freedom, citizens,” the big man said gently, seeming to draw upon that very sure source of personal knowledge again, “but they dont really want it. Half of them wants it but the...

You lost your ability to choose the moment you started to use your eyes to see, and your heart to feel. Choice has become nothing but an illusion for you.

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Dreams aren’t only an illusion to put you into a subconsciously pleasurable state of mind for the time being, but also a pathway to gain complete contentment.

A push-up bra is to a woman’s chest … what ‘breathing-in’ is to a man’s stomach.

I can fight with a real problem. But I cannot solve the ignorance. I cannot solve the illusion of your mind.

He then explained his new philosophy, which followed the devastating discovery that Love and Friendship were the veriest illusions. He explained that people married because their sexual appetite had to be satisfied and there must...

Silence is a lie that screams at the light.

an illusion that he’s a moderate.

Sic vis pacem para bellum – if you want peace, prepare for war.

Trap yourself inside your own brain, switch off the light, block all the escape routes, then turn your back on everything you know to be reality and try and survive there. Try. Living. Nowhere.

All problems are illusions of the mind.

Happiness will comeToday, tomorrow and every yearNow, then and every moment For if, we learn to love, care and share.Happiness will comeTo fill our heart with kindnessIt is a gift from the universeTo touch our...

The illusion that humans possess free will is compounded by the inherent randomness of the universe. Chaos disguised as freedom of choice…

We used a tailored cup set into a satin band. That gives the illusion that the cup is smaller.

Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn’t suck.

Its funny when people recently change their attitude to gain entrance into your heart, which may only ignite your passion to close the door.

Look at meI am the life in a wastelandLook at meI am the slavery through the agesLook at meI am the mirror of the worldLook at meI am the illusion I’ve fought forLook at meI’m...

Being more self-aware means welcoming more light into a dull life. When we throw light upon our self-perceptions, we immediately realise that the light has always been there, yet we had created an illusion of...

leaders” without followers; old men of sixty or more still caught up in post-Civil War dreams of freedom within segregation; the pathetic ones who possessed noting beyond their dreams of being gentlemen, who held small...

What a strange thing it is to wake up to a milk-white overcast June morning! The sun is hidden by a thick cotton blanket of clouds, and the air is vapor-filled and hazy with a...

A magician with decreasing practice sessions will give defective performances.

It is an illusion to worry about pride without having those things that may predispose someone to fall into the trap of pride…