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It is our illusions that create the world
It is our illusions that create the world
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore read more
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else read more
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.
The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.
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.
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.
A woman should be an illusion.
A woman should be an illusion.
