Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in read more

Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create read more

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.

Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.

Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against read more

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.