…Reason should take on anew the most difficult of all its tasks, namely, that of self-knowledge, and to institute a court of justice, by which reason may secure its rightful claims while dismissing all its...

These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.

Some people brag about standing for something so hard and so much, that they do not realize that they are actually sitting.

Internet makes you think that you have millions of friends, whereas you are your own friend.

Learning to pass, it turns out, is less a matter of acting than not acting. You can become part of a given scene, situation, or people (‘our people,’ as it were), simply by letting yourself...

Beauty that pleases the eye is a frail, fleeting illusion. But that beauty capable of pleasing the heart can endure endlessly.

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

God, listen to the absurdity within us and raise us from the illusion!

We believe that it is possible for scientific work to gain some knowledge about the reality of the world, by means of which we can increase out power and in accordance with which we can...

The secret of good magic is another magic.

LOVE YOURSELF” does not mean to do only what one feels or perceives is right, but the thing which is morally right for everyone.

Isn’t she just Little Miss Sweetness and Light?” – and it was a statement that put him off proposing. It made him seriously reassess his options. He didn’t want to be with someone others saw...

The hope is indeed that some will experience and believe: The purpose of a number of spiritual gurus is to demonstrate to God-fearing men faux spirituality.

All stories are born out of illusion, but that doesn’t mean they’re not worth telling.

And it all came to pass, all that she had hoped, but it did not fill her with rapture nor carry her away with the power or the fervor she had expected. She had imagined...

The mind’s best trick is the illusion that it exists.

The revealed and mystic literature of mankind bears ample testimony to the fact that religious experience has been too enduring and dominant in the history of mankind to be rejected as mere illusion. There seems...

According to the Buddha, the failure to recognize the illusion of the self is the source of all ignorance and unhappiness. It is only by renouncing the self, that is, by dropping his ego defences...

Twitter gives people an illusionary sense of leadership.

Whoever thirst for money is real victim of a capital illusion.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Why, if it was an illusion, not praise the catastrophe, whatever it was, that destroyed illusion and put truth in it’s place?

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion

Gatsby’s self-willed metamorphosis from farm boy to prince is many ways identical to my father’s. Like Gatsby, my father fueled this transformation with the “colossal vitality of his illusion”. Unlike Gatsby he did this on...

The obstacle in spritual growth is not ignorance of self, it is the illusion of self.

But George knows he can’t do that. Because, absurdly, inadequately, in spite of himself, almost, he is a representative of the hope. And the hope is not false. No. It’s just that George is like...

In order to share one’s true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.

In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.

Power, a paycheck and control do sick things to those who have the illusion of possessing it.

The more we delve into quantum mechanics the stranger the world becomes; appreciating this strangeness of the world, whilst still operating in that which you now consider reality, will be the foundation for shifting the...

Time is the truth inside an illusion.

Don’t talk to strangers. Don’t do drugs. Don’t smoke. Don’t drink and drive. Don’t have sex. Wear a condom. Wear sunblock. Wear a seat belt. Wear a helmet. If you see something, say something. Just...

To lose weight, spend time at the gym. To appear like you’ve lost weight, spend time with people who are bigger than you.

Nostalgia is an illness for those who haven’t realized that todayis tomorrow’s nostalgia.

On a surface level, all one finds is repeated forms of shallow whispers. Having the courage to explore deeply, a wealth of buried infinite lifetimes emerge – an undeniable force.

Energy is the belief in a separation and that which creates and keeps the illusion alive.

Fear, like love, is difficult to explain after it has subsided, probably because it draws away the veils of illusion as it disappears.

I just want you, to be mine, forever. I want a piece of you no one else has ever had, and I want you to own my heart forever.

The city is sore with movement, but still it oscillates. Busy people churn through grey-toned streets, their briefcases held close, rustling against trouser legs. The collective machine is tired, but each worker drives on. Gleaming...

To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken.

When possession of wealth or splendors brings happiness- it is an illusion, when attainment of certain mental state brings happiness- it is a real possession.

Life in illusion is in a transient belief on insight without perspective

The idea that the world can unite without being regulated is clearly an illusion.

You’re a dream. Like everything else.

Anybody that fears and detests witchcraft is not happy with science and technology.

What Albert Einstein termed optical delusion,The Indians termed Maya or Illusion.

We were on Barrow Street now.”Who is the man with the scar?” I said.She shot me a glance, and her face hardened. “You saw him?””How could I miss? He was the real center of attention....

Privacy is an illusion. Privacy doesn’t exist, and it hasn’t existed for quite a long time.

Era un’illusione pensare di poter ritrovare la mia vita. La guerra è un viaggio senza ritorno.

If you are really bored with life, just meet a decent magician and have a close up magic show, he will restore inspiration in your life.